Who Really Struck It Rich During the California Gold Rush?
Key Takeaways You ’d believe that findinggoldon your property would stand for the end of all your troubles . But forJohn Sutter , it was just about the risky thing that could have happened . In the nineteenth century , Sutter was an entrepreneur and owner of a large tract of land in Coloma , California . He rent a carpenter named James Marshall to build a water cycle for a mill on his property ....