James Marshall found gold in the year of 1848.
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John A. Sutter and James W. Marshall. See the Related Link.Actually, John A Sutter and James W Marshall both DIDNT discover it together. However, It was Sutter's Mill. But Marshall discovered the gold. Found Gold!!!!
It was the place were they found the gold and the Gold Rush's starting point (January 24, 1848).
On January 24, 1848, James W. Marshall discovered gold on the property of Johann A. Sutter near Coloma, California. A builder, Marshall was overseeing construction of a sawmill on the American River. ... The Gold Rush began in earnest only after President James Polk endorsed the discovery in December 1848
The first piece of Gold was found in January,24 1848
After gold was discovered in California, many people decided to become forty-niners, or people who went to California to find gold, starting in 1849.