n old black-and-white photo shows Sutter's Mill with trees, buildings, and a hillside landscape.
Name/Title
Sutter's Mill
Entry/Object ID
PH02404
Description
An old black-and-white photo shows Sutter's Mill with trees, buildings, and a hillside landscape.
Photograph Details
Subject
James Marshall
Subject Person or Organization
James Wilson Marshall
Subject Place
Unincorporated community
Coloma
County
El Dorado County
State/Province
California
Country
United States
Continent
North America
Context
Sutter's Mill -- The mill at Coloma before it was washed out by flood waters in the 1860's. The figure pointing to the millrace is Marshall. Note the covered wagon in the background to the left of the top girder of the mill. Maidu people in the left foreground. There are figures in the left center which are miners panning at the river's edge.
