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==Current status== [[File:Sutter's Mill (4094149651).jpg|thumb|Replica (1968β2014)]] The site of the mill is part of the [[Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park]], registered as [[California Historical Landmark]] number 530.<ref name=hmdb>{{cite web |url=http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=10495 |title=Sutter's Mill Site |access-date=2010-04-17 |publisher=www.hmdb.org}}</ref> On September 8, 1965, a groundbreaking was held to begin the construction of a replica of the original structure, based on Marshall's own drawings and a photograph of the mill taken circa 1850.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=September 9, 1965 |title=Sutter Mill Rebuilding Is Started |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sacramento-bee-sutter-mill-rebuildin/159507552/ |newspaper=[[The Sacramento Bee]] |page=D3 |location=Sacramento, California}}</ref> The replica was nearly completed by the following year, and while not built at the exact spot as the original, it was designed to be moved there if the river returned to its 1848 [[stream bed]].<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=May 22, 1966 |title=Coloma Replica Of Sutter's Mill Nears Finish |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sacramento-bee-coloma-replica-of-sut/159507832/ |newspaper=[[The Sacramento Bee]] |page=B4 |location=Sacramento, California}}</ref> The newly completed replica was officially dedicated on January 21, 1968.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=January 19, 1968 |title=Coloma Dedication of Sutter's Mill Will Highlight Gold Discovery Days Fete |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sacramento-bee-coloma-dedication-of/159507981/ |newspaper=[[The Sacramento Bee]]/Superior California News |page=B1 |location=Sacramento, California}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=January 22, 1968 |title=Gold Discovery Event Attracts 20,000 Persons |newspaper=[[The Sacramento Bee]]/Superior California News |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sacramento-bee-gold-discovery-event/159508248/ |page=B1 |location=Sacramento, California}}</ref> In 2014, the 1960s structure was replaced with a new replica, built closer to the original site.<ref>{{cite news |last=Lakey |first=Pat |date=December 15, 2014 |title=New mill ready to inspire new memories |url=http://www.villagelife.com/news/new-mill-ready-to-inspire-new-memories/ |url-status=unfit |work=Village Life |location=El Dorado Hills, California |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150909173257/http://www.villagelife.com/news/new-mill-ready-to-inspire-new-memories/ |archive-date=September 9, 2015 |access-date=November 5, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release |author=<!--Not stated--> |title=Sutter's Mill Reconstruction Project Moves Forward |url=https://www.parks.ca.gov/pages/712/files/2014Sutter's%20Mills%20Framing%20.pdf |publisher=California Department of Parks and Recreation |date=September 5, 2014 |access-date=November 5, 2023}}</ref>
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