Adventure: 051, Site 118 – Sutter Memorial

Capture California, the Game-2012

Adventure: 051, Site 118 – Sutter Memorial

California Historical Landmark: 322

Team: Thing One, Thing Two

Date:  September 27, 2012

Location:

Latitude: 38° 23.541′ N

Longitude: 120° 48.159′ W

Address: 18 Main Street, Sutter Creek CA 95685

Description:

The area around Sacramento and the foothills in the gold country is just littered with memorials to John Sutter. This one seems to be appropriate since it is at Sutter Creek. Thing One and Thing Two were looking around for a landmark in the town of Sutter Creek. But we were not finding it. We found a very moving Veteran's memorial when you come into the town, we also found Knight's Foundry. But no plaque 322. So we took pictures of the Sutter memorial.



It was only as we were writing this up did we realize, Eureka! We Found It! It is the Sutter Memorial.



See our adventure 051, site 89 for more on Sutter.




NO. 322 SUTTER CREEK - This town was named after John A. Sutter, who came to the region in 1846, and was the first to mine the locality in 1848. There was little activity at Sutter Creek until 1851, when quartz gold was discovered. In 1932 the Central Eureka mine, discovered in 1869, had reached the 2,300-foot level. By 1939, it was the best-paying mine at Sutter Creek.
Location:  Veteran's Memorial Hall, Main and Badger Sts, Sutter Creek



Inscription says:

In Memory Of General John A. Sutter
Benefactor of the Great State of California

Who mined here and gave Sutter Creek its name and under whose regime gold was discovered.
Also to those pioneer mothers, fathers and miners of the Mother Lode which has produced millions in gold. This rock used in Mother Lode champion hand drilling contests.
Tablet placed and dedicated by th Native Sons and Native Daughters of the Golden West of Sutter Creek. May 10, 1942



References:

• Wikipedia
  
• HMDB
  
• Waymarking
  
• Noehill
  
• Sutter Creek History as found on Highway 49
  

Overall Landmark References:

• Historical Marker Database (HMDB)