On Jan. 24, 1848, James W. Marshall found a gold nugget at Sutter’s Mill in Northern California, a discovery that sparked the ...
The California Gold Rush began on January 24, 1848 when gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma.
On the morning of Jan. 24, 1848, James Marshall made a discovery that would ... Stockton's very history is indelibly tied to the Gold Rush. One hundred and seventy-seven years later, California ...
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.