John Sutter

1803–1880
Founded a European settlement in the Sacramento Valley where gold was found in 1849.

Other Resources

Story Links	Book Links
Finding Gold in California  in	Stories of American Life and Adventure  by  Edward Eggleston
Gold in California  in	America First—100 Stories from Our History  by  Lawton B. Evans
Polk—The Finding of Gold  in	This Country of Ours  by  H. E. Marshall

Image Links
Weighing the First Gold  in Stories of American Life and Adventure	Forty-niners panning for gold in California  in History of the United States