Gold at Sutter’s Creek: The Day America’s Destiny Turned to Fire and Fortune
On this day in American history, the nation struck gold, not metaphorically, not symbolically, but literally, in a way that would recalibrate the trajectory of the Republic and electrify the world’s imagination. On January 24, 1848, gold was discovered at Sutter’s Creek in California, a moment so consequential it did not merely alter the economy, […]
