Gen. John A. Sutter, whose two-word declaration ("It's gold!") lit the fuse that became the 1849 California Gold Rush, spent the last nine years of his life in the picturesque Moravian community ...

If ever a man had everything going his way in 1848, it was John A. Sutter, who had arrived in California nine years earlier. He owned land and cattle. His self-sustained community on the ...

A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Jan. 24, 1848, James W. Marshall found a gold nugget at Sutter’s Mill in Northern California, a discovery that ...

The gold found at Sutter’s Mill transformed San Francisco and its bar culture. David Wondrich Updated Apr. 09, 2018 7:47PM EDT / Published Feb. 20, 2018 4:31PM EST ...

This small piece of yellow metal is believed to be the first piece of gold discovered in 1848 at Sutter's Mill in California, launching the gold rush.. On the morning of Jan. 24, 1848, James Marshall ...

Some Oregonians in early 1849 decided it was time they made some money. Gold, lots of it, had been discovered a year earlier at John Sutter's mill in the foothills east of what's now Sacramento ...

Here's why John Sutter's 1840s mini-empire is worth a trip. (Psst, the Donner Party's involved.) Skip to ... But after gold was discovered in 1848 at Sutter’s Mill (another of Sutter’s ...

Sutter's Mill, California, where John Augustus Sutter struck gold, accidentally starting the gold rush. Photo by MPI/Getty Images On January 24, 1848, American carpenter and sawmill operator James ...

john sutter built a fort on his lands – named after himself – which became the economic heart of the first permanent european settlement in central valley, ... for sutter's mill, ...

Most Northern Californian kids have visited this historic state park in Sacramento on a field trip. But the truth is, it’s wayyyy better as an adult. Here’s why John Sutter’s 1840… ...

One rare exception is the oldest surviving structure still in use on the highway, John Sutter’s Mill, a circa 1875 Mormon-built structure where Saddle Creek Road and Dodge Street meet at 46th.