加州黄金发现者，死时竟乃破产身(2/2)
戳图直达本期配套模仿跟读节目~欢迎参加~概述：加州首府的建立竟和黄金发现者有着千丝万缕的联系
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James Marshall
John Sutter
American River
"Sutterville,"
Washington, D.C.
Sutter's Mill
Sierras
Sutter's Fort
Sacramento
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翻译&注释：小爷是鬼畜攻
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口语节目地址：http://bulo.hujiang.com/menu/11921/item/657165/http://t1.g.hjfile.cn/listen/201209/201209180614121054887.mp3When his carpenter, James Marshall, found gold in the hills on Sutter's property, he told his boss about it, and the two of them decided to keep it secret while they hired men to pan the gold. Instead, the miners stole most of what they found.
Word of the discovery spread, and before long, mobs of gold-seekers descended upon the American River, overrunning Sutter's land.
So Sutter gave up the mining idea and tried to start a town, called "Sutterville," nearby. He'd make his money selling supplies and plots of land. But his agents cheated him, and he went broke.
Within a year John Sutter had given up his California dreams and slunk off to Washington, D.C., where he would later die, alone and penniless, in a hotel room.
Sutter's Mill up in the Sierras is now a ghost town. The settlement around Sutter's Fort grew into what became Sacramento, California's capital city.
But John Sutter's name can still be found on this fort.It has been restored as a California state historic park and tourist attraction.当时，他的木匠，詹姆斯•马绍尔在萨特的山上发现了金子，他把这事告诉了老板，他俩决定保密，但是雇人去淘金。然而，矿工把他们找到的大部分金子都偷走了。
发现金矿的消息不胫而走，不久，一大群淘金者空降美国河，开始侵占萨特的土地。
因此萨特放弃了开矿的主意，转而想在附近建一个城市，命名为“萨特市”。他靠卖设备和土地赚钱。但是他的代理商骗了他，他因而破产了。
一年之内约翰•萨特便放弃了他的加州梦，溜到了华盛顿。后来，他在那儿的一个旅馆里穷困潦倒孑然一身地去世了。
位于内华达山脉上的萨特的磨坊如今恍如幽灵小镇。围绕萨特的要塞安置房子的那片区域现在成为了加州首府萨克拉门托。
但是约翰•萨特的名字依然能在这片要塞上找到。这片要塞被复原成一处加州历史公园和旅游胜地。
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