Sutter's Fort
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Sutter's Fort was a 19th-century agricultural and trade colony in the Mexican Alta California province. Established in 1839, the site of the fort was originally part of a utopian colonial project call
Sutter's Fort, 1840s illustration
Sutter's Fort flag, c. 1839–1848
Sutter's Fort interior
Sutter's Fort lone star flag, c. 1846
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
Sutter's Fort
…Park. On January 28, 1848, James Marshall met privately with John Sutter inside this building to show him the gold found during the construction of Sutter's Mill along the American River four days earlier. Sutter built the original fort with walls 2.5 feet (0.76 m) thick and between 15 and 18 feet (5.5 m) high…
2014 replica of Sutter's Mill
Photograph of the original Sutter's Mill, taken c. 1850
Sutter's Mill, as drawn by William Rich Hutton in April 1849
Replica (1968–2014)