150 years ago, James Marshall reached down and picked up a piece of yellow metal that was to change this country forever. This year marks the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the discovery of Gold in California. Cities and towns all over California and the West will be commemorating the event with celebrations and reenactments throughout the year. You can be part of the remaking of history.
GOLD is the most precious of metals, the king of money, the standard to which our wealth is based.
The look, the touch, the inherent value have lured man and women for thousands of years for good reason. It is noble and it is beautiful. Its deep yellow color and density speak volumes about its attraction as a store of value from world monetary crisis, the manipulation of paper currency or the fickleness of the world's stock markets. Recent scientific satellite photo-imaging technology confirms that the early miners only scratched the surface. No, in all probability that wasn't real gold.