Video from the El Dorado County Historical Museum.
This video featuring images from the El Dorado County Historical Museum's collections is part of a series created in collaboration with the El Dorado County Library in 2014. It describes the momentous discovery of a gold nugget on January 24, 1848, in the mill race of Sutter’s saw mill in what would be known as Coloma on the South Fork of the American River, which launched the California Gold Rush.
The El Dorado County Historical Museum seeks to preserve and interpret the county’s rich history through exhibits and archives, and has a large collection of historical photographs depicting early Placerville and other communities around the county. Located in Placerville, the El Dorado County Historical Museum’s Research Room is open to the public with a large collection of local historical photographs, maps, records, newspapers, ledgers and other historical and government archival material. museum.edcgov.us