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101 I Street, Sacramento, California, United States. Coordinates. 38°35′05″N 121°30′18″W / 38.58486°N 121.50499°W / 38.58486; -121.50499. Type. Historical museum. Website. sachistorymuseum.org. The Sacramento History Museum is a historical museum in Sacramento, California, which interprets the history of Sacramento and ...
Yuba Goldfields. Coordinates: 39.1848°N 121.4778°W. The Yuba Goldfields (center to upper right) straddle both banks of the Yuba River. The Yuba Goldfields, also known as the Hammonton dredge field, is the largest gold dredge field in California. Located along the Yuba River approximately 6–12 miles (10–20 km) upstream of the town of ...
The Sacramento River (Spanish: Río Sacramento) is the principal river of Northern California in the United States and is the largest river in California. [ 9 ] Rising in the Klamath Mountains, the river flows south for 400 miles (640 km) before reaching the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta and San Francisco Bay.
Steamboats of California. Steamboats operated in California on San Francisco Bay and the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta, and Sacramento River as early as November 1847, when the Sitka built by William A. Leidesdorff briefly ran on San Francisco Bay and up the Sacramento River to New Helvetia. After the first discovery of gold in ...
748. Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park is a state park of California, United States, marking the discovery of gold by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in 1848, sparking the California Gold Rush. The park grounds include much of the historic town of Coloma, California, which is now considered a ghost town as well as a National ...
v. t. e. 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. [1] The news of gold brought approximately 300,000 people to California from the rest of the United States and abroad. [2] The sudden influx of gold into the money ...
In 1848 there were but two steamers on the Sacramento River. You could travel from San Francisco to Sacramento for $30 with a cabin, or for $20 on deck. As the California gold rush began, the number of ships sailing on the Sacramento River shot to sixteen in just eighteen months, all of them built in eastern shipyards and sailed around Cape ...
Kelsey, California. James Wilson Marshall (October 8, 1810 – August 10, 1885) was an American carpenter and sawmill operator, who on January 24, 1848, reported the finding of gold at Coloma, California, a small settlement on the American River about 36 miles northeast of Sacramento. His discovery was the impetus for the California Gold Rush.