JOHN A. SUTTER, the pioneer of the California pioneers, and whose name is associated with the first discovery of gold in that State, was about to leave for this city, en route for his old home in ...

An astounding amount of gold was pulled from the ground during the California gold rush ... but neither Marshall nor his employer John Sutter prospered from the find. Another employee of Sutter ...

Ah, but — and you should remember this for “Jeopardy!” — the Golden State’s first documented gold strike happened here, in ...

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 ...

For thousands of years, Indigenous people inhabited and relied on the natural resources of the area now known as Northern ...

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 ... Marshall found the first recorded golden nugget, starting the California gold rush. By 1850, most of Sutter's workforce dropped ...