Gold Discovery Day 2025
January 25 @ 11:00 am - 3:00 pm
Gold Discovery Day at Marshall Gold Discovery State Park | January 25, 2025, from 11-3
Celebrate the anniversary of James Marshall’s gold discovery on January 24, 1848. This discovery and the subsequent influx of gold seekers helped propel California into statehood in 1850! Experience life at the time of the gold discovery as you tour our living history encampment. Meet James Marshall and take a peek at a gold nugget.
Learn what it was like to be a miner in Coloma and what tools were used to find gold. Then try your hand at mining at our gold panning troughs. Visit with a gold rush merchant, help our cooper put a barrel together, then stop by the boarding house to see what’s cooking. Stop by the millworkers’ cabin to learn more about the gold discovery, visit the ladies at the miner’s cabin, and don’t forget to stop by Bekeart’s gun shop.
Visit the blacksmith shop and learn about how important the blacksmith was during the gold rush.
Cost: $10 per vehicle day use fee collected. For more information, call (530) 622-3470.
