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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQ47_sutters-mill-site_Garden-Valley-CA.html
This rock monument marks site of John A. Sutter's saw mill in the tailrace of which James W. Marshall discovered gold, January 24, 1848, starting the great rush of argonauts to California. The Society of California Pioneers definitely located and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQ45_james-wilson-marshall_Garden-Valley-CA.html
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 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBIP_the-tailrace_Garden-Valley-CA.html
Here on a chilly morning in January, 1848, carpenter James Marshall picked up the small pieces gold that touched off one of the largest, most frenzied mass migrations in history. Within a year of Marshall's discovery, six thousand gold seekers swa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMB9N_gold-boys-gold_Garden-Valley-CA.html
On January 24, 1848, James Marshall set off early and alone to inspect progress in deepening the ditch that channeled water from the sawmill back to the river. Suddenly, he bent over and picked up a few particles gleaming in the icy water. "Hey, b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMB99_partners-in-history_Garden-Valley-CA.html
Friday, Aug. 27, 1847?made a contract and entered in partnership with Marshall for a sawmill to be built on the Amer. Fork.
So wrote John Augustus Sutter, methodically recording the agreement that led to California's astonishing gold rush. Sutt…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7XE_the-coloma-road_Garden-Valley-CA.html
Here in the Valley of the Cul-lum-mah Indians, James W. Marshall discovered gold on January 24, 1848, in the tailrace of Sutter's sawmill. The Old Coloma Road, opened in 1847 from Sutter's Fort to Coloma, was used by Marshall to carry the news of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7VX_sutter-mill-replica_Garden-Valley-CA.html
This replica of Sutter's Mill was based on research from many sources - a drawing by James Marshall, an old photograph of the mill, and the results of several excavations made on the original mill site. The building is 60 feet long, 20 feet wide, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7UP_mormon-cabin_Garden-Valley-CA.html
Members of the "Mormon Battalion," returning from the war with Mexico, were enlisted by Sutter and Marshall to help construct Sutter's Mill.
The Mormon members of the sawmill crew built a cabin near the mill during the winter of 1847. Earlier t…