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Marshall traveled the road to tell of his gold find to Captain John A. Sutter. During the 49ers gold rush thousands of miners traveled the road heading out to look for gold and claims. [10] [11] California's first stage line, California Stage Company, traveled the road starting in 1849, the line was founded by James E. Birch. [12]
The Old Sacramento location remained dedicated to the history of Sacramento and the California Gold Rush, and was renamed the "Discovery Museum Gold Rush History Center." [ 1 ] In July 2008, under a directive from the City of Sacramento, the partnership between the History Center and the Science Center was dissolved.
Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park; Monterey State Historic Park; Old Sacramento State Historic Park; Old Town San Diego State Historic Park; Olompali State Historic Park; Petaluma Adobe State Historic Park; Pigeon Point Light Station State Historic Park; Pío Pico State Historic Park; Point Sur State Historic Park; Railtown 1897 State ...
Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park: Coloma: El Dorado: Gold Country: Open air: Includes Gold Discovery Museum and Visitor Center, 20 historic buildings including mining, house, school, and store exhibits Mary Aaron Museum: Marysville: Yuba: Sacramento Valley: Historic house: Victorian-era house, exhibits of local history
Replica (1968–2014) The site of the mill is part of the Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park, registered as California Historical Landmark number 530. [10]On September 8, 1965, a groundbreaking was held to begin the construction of a replica of the original structure, based on Marshall's own drawings and a photograph of the mill taken circa 1850. [11]
Owned and operated by California State University, Fullerton, includes a natural history museum and interpretive center, two ponds, bird observation porch and feeders, hiking trails, gift shop Turtle Bay Exploration Park: Redding: Shasta: 300 acres, includes the McConnell Arboretum & Botanical Gardens, Turtle Bay Museum and Paul Bunyan's Forest ...
The museum houses a collection that was created in 1880, with the establishment of the California State Mining Bureau. Henry G. Hanks was the first California State Mineralogist and was tasked with managing the collection. The collection was housed in the Ferry Building in San Francisco until 1983. The collection was moved at the Mariposa ...
Painting of Sutter's Fort ruins, c. 1900. To build his colony, John Sutter secured a 50,000 acre land grant in the Central Valley from the Mexican governor. [8] The main building of the fort is a two-story adobe structure built between 1841 and 1843 using Indigenous forced labor.