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James Marshall erected this cabin and lived in it from 1856 to 1870. Born in New Jersey on October 8, 1810, he came to California in 1845 and died at Kelsey, California, on August 10, 1885. Marshall's discovery of gold in the tailrace of John A. Sutter's Mill at Coloma on January 24, 1848 began the historic migration to California by land and sea. The original sawmill, whose construction Marshall superintended, stood 2190 feet north of this cabin on the American River. On an eminence 410 feet to the west stands a monument erected by the State of California with a heroic figure of Marshall pointing to the site of his gold discovery.
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