Sutters Mill
Sutter's Mill was a water-powered sawmill on the bank of the South Fork American River in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada in California. It was named after its owner John Sutter.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: sawmill
- Description: location of gold discovery that started the California Gold Rush in 1848
- Also known as: “Sutter’s Mill”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Farm Colony.
Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Farm Colony
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The Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Farm Colony is believed to be the first permanent Japanese settlement in North America and the only settlement by samurai outside of Japan. Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Farm Colony is situated 2½ miles south of Sutters Mill.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Coloma.
Coloma
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Coloma is a small town in El Dorado County in California's Gold Country region. It was home to Sutter's Mill, the site where the California Gold Rush began after gold was discovered in 1848.
Sutters Mill
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Spanish—“Sutters Mill” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Sutter’s Mill”
- Chinese: “沙特鋸木廠”
- Chinese: “萨特磨坊”
- Chinese: “薩特磨坊”
- Chinese: “蘇特坊”
- Chinese: “蘇特爾磨坊”
- Dutch: “Sutter’s Mill”
- French: “Sutter’s Mill”
- German: “John A. Sutter’s Sawmill”
- German: “Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park”
- German: “Sutter’s Mill”
- Irish: “Muileann Sutter”
- Italian: “Sutter’s Mill”
- Japanese: “サッターズミル”
- Portuguese: “Sutter’s Mill”
- Russian: “Sutter’s Mill”
- Russian: “Лесопилка Саттера”
- Spanish: “Sutter’s Mill”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Lotus and Gold Hill.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Kane House and Coloma Post Office.
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