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January 24, 2011 by Dane Carlson | 0 Comments

1848 – California Gold Rush: James W. Marshall finds gold at Sutter’s Mill near Sacramento.
1916 – In Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad, the Supreme Court of the United States declares the federal income tax constitutional.
1984 – The first Apple Macintosh goes on sale.

Photo of me at the Mariposa Museum and History Center where I occasionally volunteer as a docent in front of the five-stamp mill that was used for crushing gold-bearing quartz during the California Gold Rush. That day I was running the machine. If you’re ever in Yosemite National Park, drop into Mariposa and visit the museum.