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  • Photos from Sutter Mill where gold was discovered that led to …

    Oct 11, 2021· Photos from this Saturday's returned annual "Gold Rush Live" event held at the site of Sutter Mill where gold was discovered in 1848. For the event a gold rush era town is recreated with period actors who remain in character. First, here are photos of the Sutter Mill site itself and the American River waters that fed it:

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  • The Nugget: California Gold Rush & Sutter's Mill …

    Sep 14, 2015· On January 24, 1848, Marshal spotted this nugget in the tailrace of John Sutter's sawmill in Colma California. As Sutter noted later in his diary: " [Marshal] found that it was a thin scale of what appeared to …

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  • Marshall Gold Discovery SHP - CA State Parks

    The gold discovery site, located in the still visible tailrace of Sutter's sawmill in present day Coloma, California, is one of the most significant historic sites in the nation. In 1848, James W. Marshall found shining …

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  • What happened to John Sutter after gold was discovered on his …

    John Sutter (born Johann August Suter; February 23, 1803–June 18, 1880) was a Swiss immigrant in California whose sawmill was the launching spot for the California Gold Rush. Sutter was a prosperous pioneer and land baron when one of his sawmill workers found a nugget of gold at the mill, on January 24, 1848.

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  • John Sutter Found Fortune in California, but the Gold Rush ... - HistoryNet

    Jan 10, 2017· A view from above Sutter's Mill, c1850. When John Sutter found flakes in the American River near his humble sawmill, he kicked off the most important gold rush in American history. (California State Library) Cattle and wheat brought him blessings—but gold proved a curse. John Augustus Sutter's dream of riches rose with cattle and wheat …

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  • Gold Discovered at Sutter's Mill, 1848 – Landmark Events

    Jan 25, 2021· Gold Discovered at Sutter's Mill, January 24, 1848. he disease began in California and spread eastward. It struck people in every state of the Union in 1848 and continued, gaining virulence, for several …

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  • Sutter's Mill meteorite - Wikipedia

    The Sutter's Mill meteorite is a carbonaceous chondrite which entered the Earth's atmosphere and broke up at about 07:51 Pacific Time on April 22, 2012, with fragments landing in the United States. The name comes from …

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  • Sutter's Mill, Where the Californian Gold Rush Began

    Jul 03, 2017· The first site of real gold fever on the American River was a short way downstream of Sutter's Mill, at a site known as Mormon's Island. John Sutter had been …

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  • Biography of John Sutter, Landowner During Gold Rush

    May 15, 2019· John Sutter (born Johann August Suter; February 23, 1803–June 18, 1880) was a Swiss immigrant in California whose sawmill was the launching spot for the California Gold Rush. Sutter was a prosperous pioneer and land baron when one of his sawmill workers found a nugget of gold at the mill, on January 24, 1848. Despite the rush for …

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  • James Marshall – Discovering Gold in California - Legends of America

    James Marshall's discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill in California in 1848, started the California Gold Rush. Born in 1810, Marshall followed in his father's footsteps by becoming a skilled carpenter and wheelwright. When his father died in 1834, he headed westward, spending some time in Illinois and Indiana before settling in Missouri.

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  • The Nugget: California Gold Rush & Sutter's Mill Gold …

    Sep 14, 2015· This flake of gold, hardly deserving the label's description of "nugget," was discovered by James Marshal in 1848 at Sutter's Mill—sparking the California Gold Rush and an exodus of people from …

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