Author: Anonymous
Title: Souvenir of the Unveiling of Marshall Monument, May 3rd 1890. Historical Sketches of Coloma and Placerville, from Tom Fitche's First Directory of El Dorado County, 1862
Description: S. l. Mountain Democrat Press, 1947. Facsimile of the original souvenir, n. d. (1947); 9 x 6; pp. [1], 2-10, [2]; off-white wraps, printed and decorated in yellow and blue; illustrated with two plates - a photographic image and an engraving; a small crease to lower corner and a few minor spots; in very good condition. A handsome facsimile edition of the original souvenir, which commemorated the unveiling of Marshall Monument in Coloma. James Marshall (1810 - 1885) was a carpenter and sawmill operator, whose discovery of gold in January of 1848 would be the impetus for the California Gold Rush. Very good .

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