Main St., Looking North

SUTTER CREEK, CALIFORNIA On Highway 49 (Main St., looking North), in the historical Mother Lode Country, was named after General John A. Sutter, who built his first sawmill on Sutter Creek, and under his regime gold was discovered. The old Eureka Mine, nearby produced for Leland Stanford the money for investment in the Central Pacific Railroad from which he reaped his millions. Dist. by L. E. Lindholm, Photographer, Box 875, Stockton, Cal. 95201 S-77322