The American River at Coloma
Replica of Sutter's sawmill
Monument at the site of the original sawmill
It's a fun place to take out-of-towners. It's educational and historic, but it's also bucolic and beautiful. There's a nice exhibit there showing the contributions of Chinese workers, and a house owned by a prominent black family, in addition to displays about gold mining and life in a gold camp.
Less than 3 years after Marshall's discovery, California entered the Union as the 31st state. And it all started here.
Coda: both Sutter and Marshall died poor.
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