John Sutter thought he found gold but what he really found was fools gold so his friends called him foolish and he named thins town sutters folly.
Nothing "folly"about the U.S. buying Alaska and all its great natural resources! Pretty great deal in my estimation!
The California Gold rush of 1849.
John Sutter and James Marshall owned Sutter Mill.
The mining of precious metals in the west
James Marshall found gold in the year of 1848.
With a bell.
Some called it Seward's Folly and others called it Johnson's icebox thinking that it was useless and would never be worth anything.
Alaska was called Seward's Folly.
Correct."Fulton's Folly," the Clermont, was a steamboat.
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Craig Sutters goes by Craig Mac.
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You might say "el lugar de los Sutter." It literally means "the place of the Sutters." 'Los Sutter' means "The Sutters" in Spanish.
Alaska Purchase is the correct name, but to Seward's opponents in was called Seward's Folly.
Fulton's Folly
Fulton's Folly