jan 24, 1848 - Sutter's Mill

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at Sutter's Mill near Sacramento CA by John W. Marshall on Jan 24, 1848. This discovery happened coincidentally just weeks before the signing of peace ending the Mexican American War. The news was published 10 months later in San Francisco newspaper bringing 80,000 emigrants (mostly men) to California in less than a year. There are some events that simply change everything, for California this stampede of 1849 and victory in the War with Mexico were it.

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