Sutter's Mill in Caloma, California by James Marshall
The first piece of Gold was found in January,24 1848
California Gold RushGold was discovered on January 24, 1848, by James Marshall, an employee at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California. This and subsequent finds triggered the Gold Rush from 1848 to 1855.Previously, gold was found in Southern California at Placerita Canyon in 1842, near the historic "Oak of the Golden Dream." (California was part of Mexico until February 2, 1848.)
After gold was discovered in California, many people decided to become forty-niners, or people who went to California to find gold, starting in 1849.
On January 24, 1848, James W. Marshall discovered gold on the property of Johann A. Sutter near Coloma, California. A builder, Marshall was overseeing construction of a sawmill on the American River. ... The Gold Rush began in earnest only after President James Polk endorsed the discovery in December 1848
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It happend because James W. Marshal discovered gold in Coloma,California and everbody wanted the wealth. people were exsecting a ton of gold ans you were lucky even when you got a little nugget. over 200000 people came to the gold rush from all over the world
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James Wilson Marshall was the man that discovered gold in California on Jan.24, 1848.