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Old Mining Towns and Old Bottles (PH 4-6)(1964) (37 pages)
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(SUTTER'S MILL AT COLOMA 1849)
It all began by accident early in 1848 at a sawmill on the
South Fork of the American River.
John A. Sutter, a Swiss who never had any success elsewhere, came here in 1839. Representing himself to the
Governor as a man of importance, he had no difficulty getting a land grant of 50,000 acres on the lower Sacramento
River. In those days, these grants were routine.
Sutter, in need of lumber, was seeking a site for a sawmill. After much searching, it's site was picked by James
Wilson Marshall, a carpenter with away for things mechanical, though never a great success in his own affairs. A
native of New Jersey, he had travelled West on the Oregon
Trail, then South to California, where he was associated
with Sutter.
On the South Fork of the American River, about 40 miles
from Sacramento, Marshall came upon a parklike place ina
mountain valley. The Indians called this spot ''Coloma"
meaning "Beautiful Vale". Marshall was not interested in
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