Title:
Marshall's Monument, El Dorado County
Coloma California (CA), Post Card (Undivided Back) PM 1906 Jul-10
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Title:
Discovery House
Coloma California (CA), Chrome unused
Description:
Antiques and Arts located on Highway 49 in Coloma, Calif. The gold discovery site of the Mother Lode.
Bernard Long
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Title:
Sutter's Mill
Coloma California (CA), Chrome PM 1955 Apr-29
Description:
From a painting by Charles Nahl.
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Title:
James W. Marshall Statue
Coloma California (CA), Real Photo unused
Description:
Discoverer of Gold 1848
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Title:
Bekeart's Store
Coloma California (CA), Chrome unused
Description:
It was on Jan. 24, 1848 that James Marshall, while turning off the water to Sutter's sawmill, happened to notice gold flakes in the mill race. The news leaked out and soon miners swarmed over the countryside. On April 25, 1851 Coloma became the county seat of El Dorado County, only to lose it to Hangtown (Placerville) in 1857. Jules Francois Bekeart, who first came to Coloma on April 10, 1849, built a little brick store in 1851. The building bricks came from a yard in Sacramento, Jim Marshall, who was doing odd jobs, made the counters for the Bekeart store...M.P
Dexter Press, Inc
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Title:
Entrance to Marshall Gold Discovery State Park
Coloma California (CA), Chrome unused
Description:
Merle Porter On January 24, 1848, James Marshall discovered flakes of gold while turning off the water to Sutter's Sawmill. While this was not the first gold to be discovered in California, it was the find that started the 1849 gold rush to the west. In a short time gold was found all along the west side of the Sierra Nevada Range, called "The Mother Lode." The present highway, 49, follows the old gold trail where one may see a great number of the ghost towns of the past. Today fruit orchards grow along the highway. The lack of fruit and vegetables in the miners' diet gave them scurvy. Potatoes sold for $1.00 each, bread $1.00 per slice and coffee was made from beans crushed in a sack over a stone
Dexter
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Title:
Jail Cell, Marshall Gold Discovery State Park
Coloma California (CA), Chrome unused
Description:
Used by El Dorado County, California prior to 1812. Highway 49, Coloma, California
Cassidy and Long
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Title:
Marshall Gold Discovery Museum
Coloma California (CA), Chrome unused
Description:
Located in the Marshall Gold Discovery State Historical Park, Coloma, California, interprets the discovery of gold in California, January 24, 1848. Museum contains many priceless Indian and Pioneer objects
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Title:
Old School House
Coloma California (CA), Chrome unused
Description:
Marie Porter This little red school house stands at the head of the main street of Coloma. It was first built in Slateington (Now Kelsy) in 1895. When the Coloma school burned in 1922 the building was hauled down the narrow crooked road by wagon teams. One of the best known teachers in the school was Edwin Markham, author of the poem, "Man With a Hoe." Coloma had its start when James Marshall discovered gold on the American River on Jan. 24, 1848. Marshall's discovery won him only hard luck. He died on Aug. 10, 1885 in poverty. Little is left of Coloma that the miners knew a short hundred years ago. The town has become a state park
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Title:
Sawmill Site Monument
Coloma California (CA), Chrome unused
Description:
This monument marks the location of the Sutter Mill on the bank of the American River. It was near here that James W. Marshall discovered gold Jan. 24, 1848
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Title:
St. John's Catholic Church
Coloma California (CA), Chrome unused
Description:
Bernie Long Services were first held in a log cabin in the spring of 1850, marking the beginning of St. John's Church. Built in 1856-57 in Marshall Gold Discovery state Park
Bernard Long
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Title:
Street in Marshall Gold Discovery State Park
Coloma California (CA), Chrome unused
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Title:
Vineyard House, Marshall Gold Discovery State Park
Coloma California (CA), Chrome unused
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Title:
Old Chinese Store
Coloma California (CA), Chrome unused
Description:
Series S-1460
Old Chinese Store Marshall Gold Discovery State Park Coloma, Calif
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Title:
Monument To John Marshall
Coloma California (CA), Divided Back unused
Description:
Series 3034
Monument to John Marshall at Coloma. Where Gold was first discovered in California
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Title:
Main Street, Marshall Gold Discovery State park
Coloma California (CA), Chrome unused
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Title:
Ponderosa Park General Store And Campground
Coloma California (CA), Chrome unused
Description:
Located one mile north of the Gold Discovery Site State Park on Highway 49, Coloma, California.
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Title:
The Little Old Red Schoolhouse, Highway 49
Coloma California (CA), Chrome unused
Description:
Built in 1895, On the hill above the Coloma-Kelsey road and moved to its present location in 1921.
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Title:
Bell's Store
Coloma California (CA), Chrome unused
Description:
An original General Store used in the Gold Rush Era
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Title:
Where Gold was First Discovered
Coloma California (CA), Real Photo unused
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Title:
Painting to Gold - Marshall Monument
Coloma California (CA), Real Photo PM 1937
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Title:
Old Gold Mining Equipment, Marshall Gold Discovery State Park
Coloma California (CA), Chrome unused
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