Coloma / Sutter’s Mill
Coloma / Sutter’s Mill is a historic site in Coloma, California. Where Marshall found the flake that started the Gold Rush—January 24, 1848. The archive files it under the Old West and local folklore. The dossier holds 1 reported claim, 1 legend and 1 documented fact — documented record and retelling kept side by side. The site is open to visitors.
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Is Coloma / Sutter’s Mill haunted?
The record holds 1 claim, 1 legend — filed as reported, not verified. The heaviest filing is classed local folklore. The archive documents the claim; it takes no position on the ghost.
The record — long form
Coloma is the sparked — the 'January 24' that's the flake's date, the 'tailrace' that's the discovery's spot. The 'Cullumah' is the first — the 'beautiful valley' that's the Nisenan's name, the 'acorn holes' that's the bedrock's keep. The 'secret failed' is the told — the 'keep quiet' that's the Sutter's try, the '100,000' that's the year's rush.
The 'Marshall died' is the poor — the 'Kelsey cabin' that's the end's place, the 'monument points' that's the statue's gesture. The 'bit the metal' is the tested — the 'scale thin' that's the gold's proof, the 'Polk told' that's the nation's know. Coloma is the changed — the 'world moved' that's the migration's size, the 'Nisenan gone' that's the cost's name.
The file keeps Coloma: the sparked rush, the valley's name, the failed secret, and the poor finder.
Coloma is the archive's California file — the tailrace that moved the world.
Why this file matters
Coloma is the archive's California file — where a glitter in the tailrace emptied the world westward.
A mill keeps its flake — the file's suggestion being that Coloma's hold is the started: the '24th' that's the date's mark, the 'secret failed' that's the news' leak, and the 'Marshall poor' that's the finder's end.
The record of claims
Reported a presence at the mill site and the monument. Coloma / Sutter’s Mill in Coloma, California carries the report the way old places do — as part of its identity. It circulates as local folklore — the kind communities keep rather than verify. 'Coloma / Sutter’s Mill' carries the account. The apparition is the file's anchor — every other report orbits it.
Reported a presence at the mill site and the monument. Coloma / Sutter’s Mill in Coloma, California carries the report the way old places do — as part of its identity. It circulates as local folklore — the kind communities keep rather than verify. The report is preserved in sources like 'Coloma / Sutter’s Mill'. It's the version the place will be remembered by, whether or not it's the true one.
Documented history
The January 24, 1848 discovery is documented. The site's documented history is the record the rest of the file stands on. It's verified history: the dossier's load-bearing detail. 'Coloma / Sutter’s Mill' documents the entry. It is the kind of fact the rest of the dossier leans on. The claim holds its place in the ledger.
Verified historyWikipedia
Sources on file
- 01Coloma / Sutter’s MillWikipedia · encyclopedia · A4
Field notes & open questions
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