2/16/2015
10/22/2005
10/22/2005
2/16/2015
2/16/2015
10/22/2005
Landmark information
- Location:
Marshall Gold Discovery SHP, follow trail from Gold Discovery parking lot to American River, State Hwy 49 (PM 23.3), Coloma - Plaque:
Other Plaque - Site:
Existing - Date First Visited:
2/29/1996 - Date Most Recently Visited:
2/16/2015 - GPS Coordinates:
N 38 48.209, W 120 53.539
About this landmark
Plaque text:
Sutter's Mill Site
This rock monument marks site of John A. Sutter's sawmill in the tailrace of which James W. Marshall discovered gold, January 24, 1848, starting great rush of Argonauts to California. The Society of California Pioneers definitely located and marked site in 1924. Additional timbers and relics, including original tailrace unearthed in 1947, were discovered after property became a state park. Marshall Monument, overlooking this spot, was erected following movement inaugurated in 1886 by Native Sons of the Golden West.