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James Marshall, an itinerant carpenter, discovered gold in California, launching the largest mining rush in American history. Marshall arrived in California in 1845, settling at Sutter’s Fort in New Helvetia (now Sacramento). John A. Sutter employed him as general handyman, with a special commission to cooper and wright an undershot water ...
Over 750 pounds of gold were taken out of the ground during the California Gold Rush – more than $2 billion worth. By the mid-1850s, the Gold Rush was over, but people still came to California. In 1850, California became the 31 st; California wasn’t the only place where people went looking for gold.
On January 24, 1848 James Marshall discovered gold at Sutter's Mill, touching off the California gold rush. On the 150th anniversary of Marshall's discovery, the Oakland Museum of California unveiled a series of exhibitions titled Gold Rush! California's Untold Stories. They are now closed at the Oakland Museum.
GOLD RUSH OF 1849 On January 24, 1848 a New Jersey prospector James Marshall discovered gold on the American River in northern California, while he was working on a sawmill owned by John Sutter. When news of the discovery leaked out, there was a mass migration to California, and in subsequent years a fortune in gold was mined.
When he needed lumber in early 1848, he assigned the task to one of his men, James Marshall. Marshall decided to build a sawmill on the South Fork of the American river, about 40 miles from Sutter's home. Marshall discovered a gold nugget on January 24, 1848, while at the sawmill. He and his men found more gold nearby.
James W. Marshall discovered gold in 1848 on the South Fork of the American River in the valley the Nisenan Indians knew as Cullumah (beautiful valley). This event led to the greatest mass migration of people in the Western Hemisphere and was the spark that ignited the spectacular growth of the West during the ensuing decades.
Feb 6, 2021 · After word of James W. Marshall’s 1848 gold discovery in the creeks of California got out, everyone around the world dreamed of gold. His discovery launched a seven-year period in American history known as the Gold Rush.
