print email comment close Gold Rush Chronicles URL: http://comspark.com/goldminer-mall/chronicles/ Description: History of the California Gold Rush, including a chronology beginning when Swiss-born John Sutter arrived in the California territory and covering the 1848 discovery of gold by James Marshall and California's admission to the United States in 1850. Features information about towns, mines and mining camps, people, the Pony Express, and more. From a company in the gold country that created a website for El Dorado County, California. Publisher: ComSpark Extra Keywords suter Coloma Hangtown Highway 49 49ers mother lode Library of Congress Subject Headings: California -- Gold discoveries California -- History LII Database Information: Record 19606 created by Maria Brandt on 11/04/2005 Last modification on 11/30/2005 Published: 12/01/2005   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/19606