Did the forty-niners find gold? Northern California's American River was the site of the discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill on January 24, 1848. mostly men from the east, came from Europe, China, ...
A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Jan. 24, 1848, James W. Marshall found a ...
Jan. 24 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1848, gold was discovered at John Sutter's mill near Sacramento. The discovery touched off the great gold rush of 1849. In 1908, the first Boy Scout ...
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, the ...