On Jan. 24, 1848, James W. Marshall found a gold nugget at Sutter’s Mill in Northern California, a discovery that sparked the ...

This map shows some of the important mines of the gold rush. James Marshall kicked off the California gold rush when he spotted some pea-sized bits of gold in a mill raceway. The news brought ...

On the morning of Jan. 24, 1848, James Marshall made a discovery that would ... Stockton's very history is indelibly tied to the Gold Rush. One hundred and seventy-seven years later, California ...

Coloma, California Begin at the epicenter of the California Gold Rush, where James Marshall first glimpsed gold in the South Fork of the American River, starting the California Gold Rush of 1849.