On Jan. 24, 1848, James W. Marshall found a gold nugget at Sutter’s Mill in Northern California, a discovery that sparked the ...

Marshall on January 24, 1848, which started the California Gold Rush (1848-1855). The Sutter Mill at Coloma, California. Marshall. Around 300,000 people from throughout the country and abroad ...

The discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill on January 24, 1848 unleashed the largest migration ... Swiss immigrant John Sutter was building near Coloma. When news of gold reached San Francisco first ...