James W. Marshall
Carpentry, Deceased Person
1810 – 1885
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Who was James W. Marshall?
James Wilson Marshall was an American carpenter and sawmill operator, whose reported discovery of gold in the American River in California on January 24, 1848 set the stage for the California Gold Rush. The mill property was owned by Johan Sutter who employed Marshall to build his mill. The wave of gold seekers turned everyone's attention away from the mill which eventually fell into disrepair and was never used as intended. Neither Marshall nor Sutter ever profited from the gold discovery.
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