John Sutter
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John Augustus Sutter, born Johann August Sutter and known in Spanish as Don Juan Sutter, was a Swiss immigrant who became a Mexican and later an American citizen, known for establishing Sutter's Fort
Sutter's birthplace in Kandern, Germany
Portrait of John Sutter by Frank Buchser, painted in 1866.
Contemporaneous illustration of Sutter's Fort
Sutter's Mill in 1850.
Sutter's Mill
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Sutter's Mill was a water-powered sawmill on the bank of the South Fork American River in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada in California. It was named after its owner John Sutter. A worker construct
John Sutter
…become Sacramento, California, the state's capital. His employee James W. Marshall discovered gold, leading to the founding of the mill-making team at Sutter's Mill. Sutter, however, saw his own business ventures fail during the California gold rush, though those of his elder son, John Augustus Sutter Jr., were…
2014 replica of Sutter's Mill
Sutter's Mill, as drawn by William Rich Hutton in April 1849
Replica (1968–2014)