COLOMA, CA ‒ Ankle-deep in a stream, James W. Marshall bent over and grabbed a shiny object that caught his eye. He placed it on a rock and began striking it with another. The shiny material pounded ...
How the two primary people of the gold discovery in California failed to cash in. On Jan. 24, 1848, gold was discovered on the American River. James Marshall, the first to find it, never made a ...
Calico Ghost Town Regional Park certainly did not feel like a ghost town last weekend. The line just to pay entrance fees at the San Bernardino County-managed attraction was at least a dozen cars deep ...
How the two primary people of the gold discovery in California failed to cash in. On Jan. 24, 1848, gold was discovered on the American River. James Marshall, the first to find it, never made a ...