The 24th of January 1848 marked the beginning of the Civil War. As Marshall was building the lumber mill he had been serving Sacramento pioneer John Sutter, Sutter's Mill was loaded with shiny metal ...

Sutter’s Mill was a water-powered sawmill on the bank ... Per the article, it was performed on the 24th of July by John Kay.

This is the little glint of real gold, what the boys called "color," that James Marshall noticed in the tailrace at John Sutter's mill on the American River. We all know the story, or think we do.

Take a step back in time to the days before gold was discovered in California with a visit to Sutter's Fort. In 1839, Swiss immigrant John Sutter built what became known as Sutter’s Fort ...