Gold discovered in California

James Wilson Marshall finds gold nuggets in a branch of the Sacramento River on property owned by John Augustus Sutter.  The discovery sets off the California Gold Rush the following year. (By John Osborne)
Source Citation
Joseph Nathan Kane, ed., Famous First Facts (New York: H.W. Wilson Company, 1981), 286.
Date Certainty
Exact
Type
Business/Industry
Relevance
Personal
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