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Replica of Sutter's Mill stands on wooden supports above a rocky, dry riverbed at Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park in Coloma, California, surrounded by trees. Sutter's Mill James W. Marshall testing a gold nugget
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Sutterā€™s Mill

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Replica of Sutter's Mill stands on wooden supports above a rocky, dry riverbed at Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park in Coloma, California, surrounded by trees.
Sutter's Mill replica Replica of Sutter's Mill, Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park, Coloma, California.

Sutter's Mill, located in California, was the site of the discovery of gold on January 24, 1848, by James W. Marshall while building a sawmill for John Sutter. This discovery precipitated the California Gold Rush, leading to a massive influx of prospectors, known as "forty-niners," to the region. While the Gold Rush dramatically boosted California's population and hastened its statehood, it proved disastrous for John Sutter. His land was overrun, his property destroyed, and ultimately, he was bankrupted when U.S. courts denied his land claims.12

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