Sutter's Mill

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historic site sawmill

Sutter's Mill was a sawmill in Coloma, California, historically significant as the site where gold was first discovered in 1848, triggering the California Gold Rush.

Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Sutter’s Mill 3
Sutter’s Mill site 2
Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park 1
reconstructed Sutter’s Mill 1

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historic site ⓘ
sawmill ⓘ
associatedWith Sutter’s Fort ⓘ
surface form: Fort Sutter

Sutter’s Fort ⓘ
surface form: Sutter's Fort
associatedWithEvent mass migration to California ⓘ
builder James W. Marshall ⓘ
builtFor John Sutter ⓘ
CaliforniaHistoricalLandmarkNumber 530 ⓘ
category California Gold Rush sites ⓘ
Sawmills in the United States ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
county El Dorado County ⓘ
discoverer James W. Marshall ⓘ
discoveryDate 1848 ⓘ
discoveryMonth January 1848 ⓘ
eventLocationFor California Gold Rush ⓘ
foundInNarrative history of mining in the United States ⓘ
history of the American West ⓘ
hasDiscovery gold ⓘ
hasReplica reconstructed mill at Coloma ⓘ
heritageDesignation California Historical Landmark ⓘ
historicalPeriod California Gold Rush ⓘ
impact acceleration of U.S. westward expansion ⓘ
economic development of California ⓘ
rapid population growth in California ⓘ
industry lumber ⓘ
locatedIn California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

Coloma, California ⓘ
El Dorado County, California ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
namedAfter John Sutter ⓘ
near American River ⓘ
South Fork American River ⓘ
ownedBy John Sutter ⓘ
partOf Coloma Historic Park ⓘ
purpose processing timber ⓘ
significantEvent discovery of gold in 1848 ⓘ
start of the California Gold Rush ⓘ
state California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California
status no longer in original form ⓘ
timePeriod 19th century ⓘ
touristAttraction yes ⓘ
yearCompleted 1848 ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

John Sutter → associatedWithPlace → Sutter's Mill ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sutter’s Mill
Sutter → associatedWithPlace → Sutter's Mill ⓘ
James W. Marshall → burialPlace → Sutter's Mill ⓘ
this entity surface form: Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park
Coloma Historic Park → contains → Sutter's Mill ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sutter’s Mill site
California Gold Rush → discoverySite → Sutter's Mill ⓘ
Coloma, California → hasLandmark → Sutter's Mill ⓘ
this entity surface form: reconstructed Sutter’s Mill
this entity surface form: Sutter’s Mill
this entity surface form: Sutter’s Mill site
James W. Marshall → significantPlace → Sutter's Mill ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sutter’s Mill