On January 24, 1848, American carpenter and sawmill operator James Wilson Marshall discovered gold in the foothills ... for influential landowner John Sutter, a Swiss immigrant, in what’s ...

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 ...

Six years before the famed California Gold Rush of 1848, another discovery of gold had already taken place in Santa Clarita’s ...

For many, growing up on the US west coast can mean learning about Sutter's mill, the infamous 49ers and their hunt for gold. But that's only one part of the sta gold rush story. Historians tell ...

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 ...

A STATUE OF THE CONTROVERSIAL JOHN SUTTER HAD STOOD OUTSIDE OF SUTTER ... and cemetery in rural El Dorado County adjacent to a Gold Rush-era pioneer cemetery would be the right place for the ...

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 ...