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Sutter Creek California News
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Historic Sutter Creek In 1846, John Sutter sent a number of men out from his
fort on the American River to search for a source of lumber. One such party
discovered an excellent stand of sugar pine about 45 miles east-southeast of the fort on a
ridge above two creeks. Two years later, the northerly of the creeks would be named for a
wealthy Californio who tried his hand at placer mining there -- Jose Amador.
The southerly of the two creeks would retain the name given to it by the workers at Pine
Woods -- Sutter's Creek.
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