And the Coloma Valley
James Marshall arrived in the "Collumah", valley home of the Nisenan, on May 8, 1847 to map the site for a sawmill he was to build in partnership with John Sutter. On August 18, Marshall returned with a crew, mostly Mormons, to build the mill. On Monday morning, January 24, 1848, while inspecting the tailrace downstream of the partially completed mill, Marshall picked up a flake of pure gold. The valley, the lives of Marshall and the Nisenan, and the land called California were forever changed.| HM Number | HMQ45 |
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| Series | This marker is part of the Native Sons/Daughters of the Golden West series |
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| Year Placed | 1998 |
| Placed By | California Gold Discovery Sesquicentennial, Grand Parlor, Native Sons of the Golden West, California State Parks, January 24, 1998 |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Wednesday, September 24th, 2014 at 1:21pm PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 10S E 682989 N 4296969 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 38.80250000, -120.89270000 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 38° 48.15', W 120° 53.562' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 38° 48' 9.00" N, 120° 53' 33.72" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 530 |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 307 Gold Discovery Loop Trail, Garden Valley CA 95633, US |
| Alternative Maps | Google Maps, MapQuest, Bing Maps, Yahoo Maps, MSR Maps, OpenCycleMap, MyTopo Maps, OpenStreetMap |
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