Historical Marker · No. 747
Coloma Road-Rescue
Rescue, El Dorado County · California
Erected by The California State Park Commission in cooperation with the Golden Key of Greenwood, El Dorado County Chamber of Commerce, and the Grand Parlors, Native Sons and Native Daughters of the Golden West, August 14, 1960, 1960
The Coloma Road gets two plaques, this one and another seven miles up at Coloma, because a road cannot be marked at a point. Neither bronze gives the route. From Sutter's Fort it ran to Willow Springs near Folsom, then Mormon Island, then Green Valley near Rescue, then Rose Springs, turning north at Tennessee Creek and crossing Dry Creek and Weber Creek into Coloma. Green Valley Road still follows much of that line, which is why the marker stands where it does.
What the plaque says
The Coloma Road Past this point on the old Coloma Road, running between Sutters Fort and his sawmill on the American River, James W. Marshall rode with the first gold discovered at Coloma on Jan. 24, 1848. Travelled by thousands to and from the diggings, this road became the route of California's earliest stageline, established in 1849 by James E. Birch. California Registered Historical Landmark No. 747 Plaque placed by the California State Park Commission in cooperation with the Golden Key of Greenwood, El Dorado County Chamber of Commerce, and the Grand Parlors, Native Sons and Native Daughters of the Golden West. August 14, 1960.
Where it stands
38.71117, -120.95200 · Directions
Worth the stop nearby
- Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park — 7.7 miThe tailrace at Coloma where a carpenter found gold in January 1848 and the world came running.