USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -On January 24, 1848, James W. Marshall discovered gold on the property of Johann A. Sutter near Coloma, California. A builder, Marshall was overseeing construction of a sawmill on the American River.

Detailed explanation-2: -In 1848, James W. Marshall found shining flecks of gold in the tailrace of the sawmill he was building in partnership with John Sutter. This discovery changed the course of California’s and the nation’s history.

Detailed explanation-3: -(1810-1885) After several unhealthy and unsuccessful years of famine, Marshall decided in 1844 to join a wagon train headed to California. In July of 1845, Marshall arrived at the Sacramento River settlement run by John Sutter, who quickly gave him employment as a carpenter.

Detailed explanation-4: -James W. Marshall partnered with John Sutter to start a lumber business in 1847. Sutter had founded “New Helvetia”-later renamed Sacramento-and a vast agricultural empire in the Sacramento Valley.

Detailed explanation-5: -California Gold Rush On January 24 his carpenter, James W. Marshall, found flakes of gold in a streambed. Sutter and Marshall agreed to become partners and tried to keep their find a secret. News of the discovery, however, soon spread, and they were besieged by thousands of fortune seekers.