Virtual Guidebook to the Mother Lode Gold Country
El Dorado County
California

North Fork of the American River, above the proposed Auburn Dam.

The actual gold discovery site, Sutters Mill on the American River at Coloma.
Replica of the sawmill at Coloma. Monument to James Marshall, discoverer of gold at Coloma in 1848.
James Marshall's cabin, on the hill above Coloma.

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