Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 81, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 June 1899 — Discovery of Gold. [ARTICLE]

Discovery of Gold.

Just fifty years ago the country was wild over the discovery of gold in California, and companies of men were forming over the whole United States te start for the new El Dorado. Some went by Cape Horn, some by Panama, but most went overland. These in after days were the forty-niners. Marshall discovered gold at Sutter’s Mill in 1848, but it was not generally believed until Polk confirmed it In his annual message.