Sutter Creek, California
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Sutter Creek is a city in Amador County, California, United States. The population was 2,646 at the 2020 census, up from 2,501 at the 2010 census. It is accessible via State Route 49.
A view of Main Street (Old Highway 49) in Sutter Creek.
Old Route 49
Sutter Creek Auditorium & City Hall also houses the Police Department.
Sutter Creek Inn, Main Street, Sutter Creek
Mormon Island, California
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Mormon Island was a mining town mainly populated by Mormon immigrants seeking gold in the American River during the California Gold Rush. Its site is now submerged under Folsom Lake in present-day Sac
Sutter Creek, California
…at nearby Coloma in January 1848 triggered the California Gold Rush. After all his workers left him to go on their own hunts for gold, Sutter moved to Mormon Island with a couple of hands. After about two weeks miners flooded the island, so Sutter and his hands left and returned to Sutter Creek. Sutter said: "I…
View of Miners Hotel, Mormon Island, California, (1850s lithograph)