El Dorado County
Coloma State Historic Park
Where James Marshall Discovered Gold in 1848

Coloma State Historic Park
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Coloma State Historic Park

Coloma State Historic Park

Coloma State Historic Park

Coloma State Historic Park

Coloma State Historic Park

Coloma State Historic Park

"The blacksmith dropped his hammer, the carpenter his
plane, the mason his trowel, the farmer his sickle, the
baker his loaf, and the tapster his bottle. All were
off for the mines, some on horses, some on carts,
and some on crutches, and one went in a litter."

Walter Colton, Alcalde of Monterey (1848)

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