The nonprofit also sponsors yearly events such as Gold Rush Live, a re-creation of 1850s Coloma tent town (though ... project of reconstructing Sutter's Mill closer to its original site - the ...

Take a road trip with us, to Coloma and Marshall Gold Discovery ... our friends who have overnighted there. Sutter Creek is possibly our favorite gold rush town with eight shady blocks lined ...

COLOMA — If you’re looking ... bit further and you’ll spot the re-constructed Sutter mill, standing much as it did 170 years ago when gold was discovered on the South Fork of the American ...

In 1849, people flocked to California in search of gold. These gold hunters were called the 49ers, which also inspired the name of Highway 49—the "Mother Lode" route connecting the state's Gold Rush ...

This weekend, you can step back in time to California’s gold rush era ... first celebrated in Coloma in 1948 – 100 years after Marshall discovered gold at Sutter’s Mill in Coloma.

Marshall found a gold nugget at Sutter’s Mill in Northern California, a discovery that sparked the California gold rush. As ...

Then, the first glinting rock was discovered in the American River at Sutter’s Mill, near Coloma (40 miles east ... and outdoor activities along with gold rush sites. Here’s how to explore.

An 1849 handbill from the California Gold Rush. PD. The discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill on January 24 ... immigrant John Sutter was building near Coloma. When news of gold reached San Francisco ...

Sutter's Mill, California, where John Augustus Sutter struck gold, accidentally starting the gold rush. Photo by MPI/Getty ... in what’s now California’s Coloma Valley when he noticed ...

On Saturday, the Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park in Coloma will be holding a special event on Saturday to commemorate the day James Marshall discovered gold on January 24, 1848, at ...

His subject was Claude Chana, a French miner en route to Sutter’s Mill in 1848 who got lucky ... plus an exhibit of Gold Rush artifacts, including a 44-pound gold leaf specimen, the largest ...