Sutter's Mill/Coloma | January 24, 1848 James Marshall kicked off the California gold rush when he spotted some pea-sized ...

He picked up a pebble from the riverbed, set it on a rock and struck it with another. The metal flattened instead of shattering. In that moment on Jan. 24, 1848, James W. Marshall knew what he was ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 1906 postcard of an old prospector and his mule. (Patt Morrison's personal postcard collection ) Now don't go all weak at the ...

Buddhism and the California Gold Rush may be two things that don’t seem to go together. But it was the Gold Rush that first brought Buddhism to California. The California Gold Rush began in 1848, when ...

(KTXL) — Over 170 years later, the Gold Rush still isn’t over for some Northern California residents. Gold was first discovered in 1848, leading to the California Gold Rush and changing the course of ...

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 ...

♪♪ ♪Hammering/whistling♪ Andrew: Anyone who has ever gone mining or prospecting can tell you, this is some hard work. Unfortunately, hard work doesn't always ...