Historical happenings

1/24/1848 ~ Gold is discovered by James Wilson Marshall at his partner Johann August Sutter’s sawmill on the South Fork of the American River, near Coloma, California.

1/24/1911 ~ U.S. Cavalry is sent to preserve the neutrality of the Rio Grande during the Mexican Civil War.

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