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Gold was discovered on land that belonged to:

James Marshall
Sam Brannan
John Sutter
John Fremont

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In 1848, James W. Marshall found shining flecks of gold in the trailrace of the sawmill he was building in partnership with John Sutter. The discovery changed the course of California's and the nation's history.

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