Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Sutter Mill Millionaire

I just put up another video. This one is about Sam Brannon, the man who started the 49er gold rush and then got rich selling supplies to the miners. I went to the Marshall Gold Discovery State Park up in Coloma to tape the old sawmill and ran into Ed Allen, a volunteer at the park, who told a few tales. This is one of them.

If you ever wondered where the notion of community property came from, watch this 5:38 video:

Sutter Mill Millionaire

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