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James Marshall's Find at Sutter's Mill Sparked a Rush That Moved 300,000 People

On a January morning in 1848, carpenter James Marshall crouched over a millrace at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California, and picked up a gold flake no bigger than a watermelon seed — accidentally triggering the greatest voluntary mass migration in American history. The post James Marshall’s Find at Sutter’s Mill Sparked a Rush That Moved 300,000 People appeared first on History Collection.

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HistoryCollection.com broke the news on Friday, July 31, 2026.
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