In 1849, people flocked to California in search of gold. These gold hunters were called the 49ers, which also inspired the ...

This weekend, you can step back in time to California’s gold rush era. Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park and Gold Discovery Park Association will commemorate the anniversary of James ...

The Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park hosts the event each fall to give visitors an immersive and hands-on look at life in a mining camp in the 1850s. The park is where gold was first ...

1. Highway 49. No road in California combines history and scenery the way this one does. Pretty stretches abound — Coloma south to Placerville is especially good, as is the portion from Angels ...

We have incredible State Historic ... The California Gold Rush began here in Coloma, when James W. Marshall spotted a flash of gold in the water at Sutter’s Mill. At this historic park, 1848 ...

is located at the Marshall Gold Discovery State Park in Coloma. It’s among the historic attractions, hiking trails, and charming mountain towns in this former mining region. Northern California ...

Ed Allen, a historian at the Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park, said that only 10% to 15% of the gold in California has been found. Terry Prebalick, a gold hunter who has been working ...

On the morning of Jan. 24, 1848, James Marshall made a discovery that would forever ... Polk spoke of “accounts of the abundance of gold” in his December State of the Union address that ...