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John Augustus Sutter (February 15, 1803 - 1880) was a Californian famous for his association with the California Gold Rush (in that gold was discovered by James W.

Marshall[?] in Sutter's Mill) and for establishing Sutter's Fort in an area that would later become the capital of California, Sacramento.Even though most California school children know his name, he was a commercial failure who resented the fact that his son (John Sutter Jr.[?]) had succeded where he had failed.

Life History

Sutter was born as Johann Augustus Suter (the second t was added later) on February 15, 1803 in Kandern, Baden, Germany. His father came from a nearby town in Switzerland.

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Sutter incurred debts in his business dealings and had to leave Europe. He undertook extensive travels and was helped by friends to come to New York. With 35 other Germans he went to Santa Fe. He traveled to Honolulu and Oregon.

From the Russian colony at Sitka, Alaska he traveled by sail to San Francisco, at tha