This weekend, you can step back in time to California’s gold rush era. Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park and Gold Discovery Park Association will commemorate the anniversary of James ...

On January 24, 1848, American carpenter and sawmill operator James Wilson Marshall discovered ... “It made my heart thump, for I was certain it was gold. … Then I saw another." Once word got out about ...

James Marshall changed California’s history on Jan. 24, 1848, when he spotted shiny flecks in a creek near Coloma. The small gold nuggets confirmed his suspicions. “It made my heart thump, for I was ...

On the morning of Jan. 24, 1848, James Marshall ... the sun's rays: small gold nuggets. “It made my heart thump, for I was certain it was gold,” Marshall later would say.

On Jan. 24, 1848, gold was found in California's American River. Mormon pioneers, members of Mormon Battalion were among the early prospectors.

James Marshall kicked off the California gold rush when he spotted some pea ... but neither Marshall nor his employer John Sutter prospered from the find. Another employee of Sutter, John Bidwell ...

More than 150 years after the gold rush first began, fueling Stockton's rapid growth, many are still digging for riches all over California.