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John Sutter’s mill was not used after 1850 and deteriorated rapidly. The flood of 1862 destroyed what remained of the structure. In 1924 the original mill site was discovered and the mill monument built. A major excavation in 1947 found these hand-hewn timbers still in place. From the mill timbers it was possible to measure the size of the original sawmill as 60 feet long and 25 feet wide.
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