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Events on Monday 24 January 1848 1
1848Gold discovered at Sutter's MillThe find that set off the California Gold RushJames W. Marshall found gold flakes in the tailrace of a sawmill he was building for John Sutter at Coloma, California. News of the discovery spread by the end of the year and drew around 300,000 people to California. The rush transformed the economy and population of the American West.