Sutter Hock Farm
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The Sutter Hock Farm is the first non-Indian settlement in Sutter County
, USA established in 1841 by John Augustus Sutter. John Sutter's Hock Farm was the first large-scale agricultural settlement in Northern California, composed of grain, cattle, orchards and vineyards. Located on the Feather River
, Hock Farm was intended by Sutter to be a retirement location where he would relocate his wife and children to. By 1864-65 Sutter could no longer maintain the farm as the California Gold Rush
had depleted the area of manpower and Sutter could no longer hire workers. The Mansion located on Hock Farm was destroyed by a fire in 1865 also destroying all of Sutters personal records of his pioneer life. Sutter ultimately lost Hock Farm when the mortgages became too high.
Sutter County, California
Sutter County is a county located along the Sacramento River in the Central Valley of the U.S. state of California, north of state capital Sacramento. Sutter County is part of the Greater Sacramento CSA....
, USA established in 1841 by John Augustus Sutter. John Sutter's Hock Farm was the first large-scale agricultural settlement in Northern California, composed of grain, cattle, orchards and vineyards. Located on the Feather River
Feather River
The Feather River is the principal tributary of the Sacramento River, in the Sacramento Valley of Northern California. The river's main stem is about long. Its length to its most distant headwater tributary is about . Its drainage basin is about...
, Hock Farm was intended by Sutter to be a retirement location where he would relocate his wife and children to. By 1864-65 Sutter could no longer maintain the farm as the California Gold Rush
California Gold Rush
The California Gold Rush began on January 24, 1848, when gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California. The first to hear confirmed information of the gold rush were the people in Oregon, the Sandwich Islands , and Latin America, who were the first to start flocking to...
had depleted the area of manpower and Sutter could no longer hire workers. The Mansion located on Hock Farm was destroyed by a fire in 1865 also destroying all of Sutters personal records of his pioneer life. Sutter ultimately lost Hock Farm when the mortgages became too high.
External links
- Discovery of Gold, by John A. Sutter, Hutchings’ California MagazineJames Mason HutchingsJames Mason Hutchings was an American businessman and one of the principal promoters of what is now Yosemite National Park....
, November 1857. Sutter describes how he wanted a sawmill near the SacramentoSacramento, CaliforniaSacramento is the capital city of the U.S. state of California and the county seat of Sacramento County. It is located at the confluence of the Sacramento River and the American River in the northern portion of California's expansive Central Valley. With a population of 466,488 at the 2010 census,...
and how Marshall told him of the gold. - History of the Donner Party History of the Donner Party C. F. McGlashan, ©1879 and 1880, by C. F. McGlashan.