On January 24, 1848, American carpenter and sawmill operator James Wilson Marshall discovered gold in the foothills of California ... construction of a sawmill for influential landowner John Sutter, a ...

Another employee of Sutter, John Bidwell, made his own strike further ... the Sierras in Nevada brought an end to the California gold rush; at its height, about $80 million (some $1.9 billion ...

An 1849 handbill from the California Gold Rush. PD. The discovery of gold at ... been discovered at the sawmill Swiss immigrant John Sutter was building near Coloma. When news of gold reached ...

This weekend, you can step back in time to California’s gold rush era ... center for a presentation on James Marshall and John Sutter about their work building Sutter’s Mill.

Here, families can learn more about the impact the California Gold Rush had on John Sutter and James Marshall, and can learn about the additional historical events the fort saw in its lifetime ...

In 1839, Swiss immigrant John Sutter built what became known as Sutter ... starting the California gold rush. By 1850, most of Sutter's workforce dropped everything in search of their own ...

gold was discovered at John Sutter's mill near Sacramento. The discovery touched off the great gold rush of 1849. Advertisement In 1908, the first Boy Scout troop was organized in England by ...

where John Augustus Sutter struck gold, accidentally starting the gold rush. Photo by MPI/Getty Images On January 24, 1848, American carpenter and sawmill operator James Wilson Marshall discovered ...