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Coloma
The California gold rush started in Coloma. "My eye was caught with the glimpse of something shining in the bottom of the ditch," James Marshall recalled. Marshall himself never found any more "color," as gold came to be called.
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Travel Deals in Sacramento and the Gold Country
- $55.00 & up : 3.5-star hotels in Sacramento Hotwire
- Book the Super 8 Motel - Sacramento 3 Nts in May Fr $50+/Nt Expedia
- Super Sale! 2 Nts Fairfield Inn Sacramento Cal Expo + Air Fr $403 Travelocity
- $8.95 & up : Full Size rentals in Sacramento Hotwire
- $39.00 & up : 3-star hotels in Sacramento — $39 Hotwire
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