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The Discovery of Gold on This Date in 1848 at Sutter’s Creek Kicked Off the California Gold Rush and Transformed America
American carpenter and sawmill operator James Wilson Marshall discovered gold in the foothills of California’s Sierra Nevada mountains. The discovery‚ facilitated by Native American guides who knew ...
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Early ticket sales good for country concert at Field of Dreams in Dyersville
Organizers of a concert by country music star Tim McGraw at the Field of Dreams Movie Site in Dyersville are happy with the ticket sales that started Monday. John Sutter is Vice President of Field of ...
U.S. News & World Report5y
Sutter's Fort
Take a step back in time to the days before gold was discovered in California with a visit to Sutter's Fort. In 1839, Swiss immigrant John Sutter built what became known as Sutter’s Fort ...
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Major "Strikes" in the California Gold Rush
The news brought thousands of prospectors to the area, but neither Marshall nor his employer John Sutter prospered from the find. Another employee of Sutter, John Bidwell, made his own strike ...
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The Discovery of Gold on This Date in 1848 at Sutter’s Creek Kicked Off the California Gold Rush and Transformed America
The unquenchable demand for gold spurred a mass migration and fueled the genocide of Native communities Laura Kiniry Travel Correspondent Sutter's Mill, California, where John Augustus Sutter ...