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Tag Archives: Sutter’s Fort
Mining starts around Nevada City
In the summer of 1848 a man named Rose established a trading post called Rose’s Corral about ten miles southwest of today’s Nevada City to serve the prospectors already scouring the area. In August of 1849 a man named Findley, … Continue reading
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Tagged California gold rush, gold rush, Grass Valley, Sacramento, Sutter's Fort, Yuba River
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Gold found in California, an eyewitness account, Part 3
On a rainy winter day soon after the gold was found, Henry Bigler went duck hunting downriver. He returned that evening with no ducks but instead had a half ounce of gold tied up in a handkerchief and the story … Continue reading
Sacramento, gateway to the gold
“Canopies of oaks and cottonwoods, many festooned with grapevines, overhung both sides of the blue current. Birds chattered in the trees and big fish darted through the pellucid depths. The air was like champagne, and they drank deep of it, … Continue reading
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Tagged California gold rush, gold rush, John Putnam, John Sutter, Moraga, Sacramento, Sherman, Sutter's Fort
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Sutter Creek, a logging camp becomes a boomtown
The town of Sutter Creek began as a logging camp used by John Sutter before the Mexican War, and takes its name from a stream that runs through the center of a valley where there was a good supply of … Continue reading
Gold on the American River
On January 24, 1848 James Marshall found a small amount of gold while flushing out the tailrace of a sawmill he was building along the American River in partnership with John Sutter. They decided to keep the discovery secret, but … Continue reading
Mariano Vallejo and the Bear Flag Revolt
Born in Monterey on July 4, 1807, Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo was a powerful pro-America force during the troubled times that led up to the war with Mexico. The San Francisco Bay city of Vallejo was named for him and California’s … Continue reading
John Fremont, the great pathfinder
Born in Savannah, Georgia on January 21, 1813, John C. Fremont was the illegitimate child of the run-away wife of an older Revolutionary War veteran and a tutor who had fought with the Royalist in the French Revolution. In 1841 … Continue reading
John Sutter and the discovery of gold in California
John Sutter must have felt like he was on top of the world. In June 1841 he gained title to seventy-six square miles of prime land, an area ninety-nine times larger than Monoco. Then, in December, he bought the entire … Continue reading
