Sutter's Mill
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Sutter's Mill
After J. Sutter, its owner
Example Sentences
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In January of that year, gold was discovered at Sutter's Mill near Sacramento, and within 12 months, more than 300,000 immigrants from across the world had poured into the region.
From Salon • Jan. 26, 2025
The year gold was discovered at Sutter’s Mill, a thriving vineyard in L.A. could bring as much as $1,000 an acre.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2022
In the 20 years following the discovery of gold at Sutter’s Mill, 80% of California’s Native American population had been wiped out.
From Washington Times • Jun. 26, 2019
Newcastle is twenty miles from Sutter’s Mill, the sawmill where gold was discovered, in 1848, and the birthplace of the modern idea of California as a place of extraction, entrepreneurship, and transformation.
From The New Yorker • Mar. 8, 2017
The gold o' Sutter's Mill called many a good man to leave his bones on the ocean bottom.
From The Boy With the U.S. Miners by Rolt-Wheeler, Francis
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