Visitors can also record a claim or have their gold assessed at the Claims Office. At 1 p.m., Park Historian Ed Allen will be at the visitor center for a presentation on James Marshall and John ...

Coloma, California Begin at the epicenter of the California Gold Rush, where James Marshall first glimpsed gold in the South Fork of the American River, starting the California Gold Rush of 1849.

This map shows some of the important mines of the gold rush. James Marshall kicked off the California gold rush when he spotted some pea-sized bits of gold in a mill raceway. The news brought ...