James Wilson Marshall (October 8, 1810 -August 10, 1885) was an American carpenter and sawmill operator, who is credited with finding gold on the American River in California on January 24, 1848.

It is with deep sorrow we announce that James Marshall Gillespie, age 78 of Boulder, CO, passed away September 4th, 2025 of cancer. James was born in Wichita, KS August 14th, 1947 and was raised in ...

How the two primary people of the gold discovery in California failed to cash in. On Jan. 24, 1848, gold was discovered on the American River. James Marshall, the first to find it, never made a ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. COLOMA, Calif. – This weekend, you can step ...

James Marshall Jones, III, a resident of Louisville, Colorado, died in his sleep on Wednesday, February 4, 2026, in Bradenton, Florida, as a result of sudden cardiac arrest ("SCA"). Marshall was ...