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In 1849 gold was discovered at Sutter's Mill, about 18 miles from Sacramento; read the amazing true pioneering story behind Sutter's Mill.John Sutter had in 1847 a large ranch and fort at the present site of Sacramento in California. He owned large fields of grain, many herds of cattle and horses, and was very hospitable to all Americans coming to California. A flour-mill was needed on his great ranch to grind up the wheat harvested yearly but there was no lumber at hand with which to build it. In the latter part of August, 1847, Captain Sutter and Mr. James Marshall of New Jersey signed an agreement by which a sawmill was to be set to work at Coloma, in a small valley forty-five miles from Sutter's fort, up the Sierra Nevada mountains fifteen hundred feet above the sea. The mountain sides at Coloma were thickly covered with yellow pine, which was to be brought to the mill and sawed into lumber for use at Sutter's fort.Mr. Marshall, who was a skilful wheelwright, with nine white men and about a dozen Indians, went up the valley of the American River to Coloma to erect this mill. This is the familiar introduction to the story of how gold was discovered at Sutter's Mill.But what has been long obscured by the story of the historic discovery of gold is the remarkable life story of the pioneer behind Sutter's Mill--John Sutter.Thomas J. Schoonover in his 1895 book "The Life and Times of General John A. Sutter" brings to life the remarkable hidden story of one of the most important pioneers of early California.Contents:SUTTER'S FAMILY AND EARLY LIFE.FORT.EARLY VISITORS.RUSSIAN PURCHASE.BRASS CANNON.CALIFORNIA CATTLE AND HORSES.COMING OF FREMONT.MILL.DISTILLERY AND OTHER ENTERPRISES.EXPLORATIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS.HARVESTING SIXTY YEARS AGO.FLOGGING ADAM.INDIAN LABOR AND WAGES.CASTRO REBELLION. FORT COMPLETED.CARRIAGES.ECHOES OF CIVILIZATION.EXECUTION OF RAPHERO.FREMONT AT HAWK'S PEAK.BLACK EAGLE.THE WEB-FOOT STORY.EXTRACTS FROM SUTTER'S DIARY.BEAR FLAG REVOLUTION.STATUS OF MEXICO.BRONCHO BUSTER.JUNTA.IMMIGRANTS AND MEXICO'S PROMISES.CAPTURE OF SONOMA.IDE'S PROCLAMATION.BEAR FLAG.RESCUE OF TOD.COWEY AND FOWLER.FREMONT IN COMMAND.ANOTHER EXTRACT FROM SUTTER'S DIARY.CONQUEST OF CALIFORNIA.SOME HISTORICAL BEARINGS.OSTEND MANIFESTO.ACQUISITION OF CALIFORNIA BY UNITED STATESSAN PEDRO AND LOS ANGELES.CAPTURE OF LARKIN.BATTLE OF SAN GABRIEL.INVESTMENT OF SAN LUIS OBISPO.BATTLE OF SALINAS.FALL OF SAN JUAN.DEFEAT OF FRANCISCO SANCHES.MACNAMARA SCHEME.WALLA-WALLA ALARM.REED-DONNER PARTY.WHITE HORSE AND PICKET.MASSACRE OF THE WHITMAN FAMILY.MORMONS AND THE FLAG.EARLY CALIFORNIA SOCIETY.JAMES W. MARSHALL.GOLD FIND.SECRET OUT.SUTTER AFTER THE GOLD FIND.THE GREAT CARNIVAL.J. A. SUTTER CONVEYS ESTATE TO J. A. SUTTER, JR.FIRST CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.NOTICE TO SQUATTERS.SQUATTER RIOTS.SQUATTER PROCLAMATION."THE SQUATTER MEETING ON THE LEVEE."DISPATCH TO GEN. WINN.STRONG'S PROCLAMATION.RESTORING OF QUIET.GENERAL SUTTER'S LOSSES.CITY OF SACRAMENTO.SALE OF CONCERT TICKETS.ELLEN BUZZELL.ANDREWS TO SUTTER.GENERAL SUTTER'S REPLY.FIRST GRAND BALL IN SACRAMENTO."HOUNDS" OF 1849.VIGILANCE COMMITTEE.ADDRESS OF THE COMMITTEE TO THE PEOPLE OF CALIFORNIA.THE NATIONAL GUARD.CONSTITUTION OF THE COMMITTEE OF VIGILANCE OF SAN FRANCISCO.FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION.CAMEL TRAIN.FIDELITY OF A HORSE.OVERLAND MAIL.PONY EXPRESS.BEN HOLLIDAY.FREIGHTING IN CALIFORNIA.BILL OF FARE.BULL FIGHTS.SUTTER'S PORTRAIT.BRYANT DINES WITH SUTTER.FIRST PAPER AND FIRST JUDICIARY IN SACRAMENTO.GAMBLING.A JOYOUS REUNION.NOTICE OF SUTTER.SUTTER'S SAW.MARRIAGE OF SUTTER'S DAUGHTER.PETER LASSENJAMES LICK.DEATH OF E. V. SUTTER.LAST DAYS OF GENERAL J. A. SUTTER.INSCRIPTION.GOVERNOR LOWE TO CONGRESS.AN ALTA EDITORIAL.THE FORT IN RUINS.SUTTER RELIEF FUND
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