January 23rd, 2008
California Gold Rush Day is January 24
Gold was discovered in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains in Central California on January 24, 1848, an event that changed that state’s history. The strike happened at Sutter’s Mill in Coloma, California, about 60 miles east of Sacramento. Over 300,000 fortune-seekers, from all over the world, journeyed to the area within six […]
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