Almost two centuries later, California continues to see the largest number of new gold discoveries of any state in the country. An analysis of U.S. Geological Survey data compiled by SD Bullion ...
On the morning of Jan. 24, 1848, James Marshall made a discovery that would forever change the trajectory of California. In a creek near the town of Coloma, a remote community wedged in the foothills ...
Yet, according to State Park historian Ed Allen, an estimated 85% of California’s gold remains unfound. News of the discovery spread across the country, triggering a migration that transformed the ...
American carpenter and sawmill operator James Wilson Marshall discovered gold in the foothills of California’s Sierra Nevada mountains. The discovery‚ facilitated by Native American guides who knew ...
for I was certain it was gold. … Then I saw another." Once word got out about Marshall’s find, approximately 300,000 people from around the country and even the globe flocked to California ...