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dec 31, 1847 - Sutter’s Mill 1848

Description:

a water-powered sawmill on the bank of the South Fork American River

worker constructing the mill, James W. Marshall, found gold there in 1848.

This discovery set off the California gold rush

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dec 31, 1847
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~ 177 years ago