2/16/2015
2/29/1996
Landmark information
- Location:
Marshall Gold Discovery SHP, Coloma - Plaque:
Official State Plaque - Site:
Existing - Date First Visited:
2/29/1996 - Date Most Recently Visited:
2/16/2015 - GPS Coordinates:
N 38 47.796, W 120 53.642
About this landmark
Plaque text:
Erected by the state of California
in memory of
James W. Marshall
1810 - 1885
whose discovery of gold January 24, 1848 in the tailrace of Sutter's Mill at Coloma started the great rush of argonauts.
Monument unveiled May 3, 1890