Sutter Creek, California
Amador County · Population 2,646 · Card no. 10388
A Gold Rush town in the Mother Lode with a preserved main street of balconied buildings.
- It is named for John Sutter, who mined here briefly in 1848.
- The Knight Foundry, a water-powered foundry, operated into the 1990s.
- The town calls itself the nicest in the Mother Lode.
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