THAR'S GOLD IN THAT THAR MILL - THE CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH

HISTORY'S TIDBIT - on January 24, 1848, foreman John Marshall and a group of workmen at Sutter's Mill in California found a gold nugget. John Sutter, the mill's owner, attempted to keep the discovery secret. However, word of the discovery leaked out, setting in motion the great California Gold Rush.