USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Gold from the American River!” Newspaper editor and businessman Samuel Brannan ran down the street in Sacramento shouting the news that gold had been discovered in California. The Mormon entrepreneur then began to promote the story, because he owned the only store between San Francisco and the site of the discovery.

Detailed explanation-2: -In the fall of 1847 he opened a store at John Sutter’s Fort. A few months later, rumors circulated that gold had been found nearby at Coloma. In early May, Brannan headed to the mines to see for himself.

Detailed explanation-3: -Samuel Brannan (March 2, 1819 – May 5, 1889) was an American settler, businessman, journalist, and prominent Mormon who founded the California Star, the first newspaper in San Francisco, California. He is considered the first to publicize the California Gold Rush and was its first millionaire.

Detailed explanation-4: -The California Gold Rush (1848–1855) was a gold rush that began on January 24, 1848, when gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter’s Mill in Coloma, California. The news of gold brought approximately 300, 000 people to California from the rest of the United States and abroad.

Detailed explanation-5: -In 1848 John Sutter was having a water-powered sawmill built along the American River in Coloma, California, approximately 50 miles (80 km) east of present-day Sacramento. On January 24 his carpenter, James W. Marshall, found flakes of gold in a streambed.