Sacramento – Heart of the California Gold Rush
Sunday, May 18th, 2008andrew.regan.2006@googlemail.com asked: The Gold Rush started on January 24, 1848, when James. W. Marshall - working for Sacramento pioneer John Sutter, discovered shiny pieces of metal at Sutter’s Mill, near Coloma in California. After taking them to Sutter, the two men tested the metal and found it to be gold. ...