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2. Coloma, California - Wikipedia

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   Coloma (Nisenan: Cullumah, meaning "beautiful") is a census-designated place [6] in El Dorado County, California, US.It is approximately 36 miles (58 km) northeast of Sacramento, California.

3. Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park - Wikipedia

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   The park grounds include much of the historic town of Coloma, California, which is now considered a ghost town as well as a National Historic Landmark District. The park contains the California Historical Landmarks : a monument to commemorate James Marshall (#143), [ 2 ] the actual spot where he first discovered gold in 1848 (#530) [ 3 ] and ...

4. Colma, California - Wikipedia

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   The most commonly proposed origin of the name "Colma" is the Ohlone word mean "springs" or "many springs". [10] [5] [6]There are several other proposed origins of Colma. Erwin Gudde's California Place Names states seven possible sources of the town's being called Colma: [11] William T. Coleman (a local landowner), Thomas Coleman (a local resident), misspelling of Colmar in France, misspelling ...

5. In a California gold rush town, some Black families are ...

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   Gold was found near Coloma in 1848 by James W. Marshall, a white carpenter, setting off the California gold rush that saw hundreds of thousands of people from across the nation and outside of the ...

6. Gold Country - Wikipedia

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   The Gold Country (also known as Mother Lode Country) is a historic region in the northern portion of the U.S. state of California, that is primarily on the western slope of the Sierra Nevada. It is famed for the mineral deposits and gold mines that attracted waves of immigrants, known as the 49ers, during the 1849 California Gold Rush.

7. South Fork American River - Wikipedia

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   The river at Coloma was the site of James Marshall's discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill on January 24, 1848, which started the California Gold Rush. [5] The South Fork of the American is "the most popular recreation stream in the West" for whitewater rafting in North America, [ 6 ] e.g., 80,000 visitors in 2011. [ 7 ]