Oregon pioneer of 1844. Captain of Co. F of the Oregon Mounted Volunteers during the Yakima Indian War, in which he lost his life. Partner of James W. Marshall in a Coloma, California mill that was the site of the January 24, 1848 gold strike - the credit when to Marshall but it was Bennett who recognized the metal as gold. This strike lead to the California gold rush.
Stone reads: Captain Charles Bennett was the discoverer of gold in California and fell in the defense of his country at Walla Walla.”
Stone reads: Captain Charles Bennett was the discoverer of gold in California and fell in the defense of his country at Walla Walla.”
Oregon pioneer of 1844. Captain of Co. F of the Oregon Mounted Volunteers during the Yakima Indian War, in which he lost his life. Partner of James W. Marshall in a Coloma, California mill that was the site of the January 24, 1848 gold strike - the credit when to Marshall but it was Bennett who recognized the metal as gold. This strike lead to the California gold rush.
Stone reads: Captain Charles Bennett was the discoverer of gold in California and fell in the defense of his country at Walla Walla.”
Stone reads: Captain Charles Bennett was the discoverer of gold in California and fell in the defense of his country at Walla Walla.”
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