Sutter’s Mill – California’s First Gold Discovery
John Sutter In 1839, Captain John Sutter, of German ancestry settled in California with the intention of growing a agricultural empire in the fertile hills of the Sacramento Valley. It was here that...
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Below details a letter written by John Sutter about the discovery and impact of the California Gold Rush: It was in the first part of January, 1848, when the gold was discovered at Coloma, where I was...
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