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Who employed James W. Marshall to build the sawmill?

  • John Sutter

  • Samuel Brannan

  • Levi Strauss

  • Henry Wells

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James W. Marshall was employed by John Sutter, a Swiss pioneer, to build a sawmill. It was during the construction of this mill that Marshall discovered gold in California.
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