Sutter's Mill

Pick any four 4-inch tiles — National Parks you've been to, a Smokies set, the four seasons of one place. $ for a set of , cork-backed, ready to live on the table.

Each tile ships in a kraft box, tied with cream ribbon, with a handwritten note from the studio if you'd like to add one.

Three or five different vistas, hung together — a chapter of places you've been, or want to go.

On the south bank of the South Fork of the American River in the small town of Coloma, El Dorado County, California, about fifty miles east of Sacramento on State Route 49. The mill is the centerpiece of Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park.

On the morning of 24 January 1848. James W. Marshall, the carpenter building the sawmill for John Sutter, pulled several small pieces of yellow metal from the mill's tailrace. Testing over the next few days confirmed the metal was gold.

A New Jersey-born carpenter and millwright supervising the construction of a water-powered sawmill for John Sutter at Coloma in late 1847 and early 1848. After the discovery he spent the rest of his life in California and is buried at the park, on a hill overlooking the discovery site.

No. The original mill was never finished as a working sawmill and was washed out by floods within a few years. The current mill is a working replica, built in 1968 using Marshall's own drawings and period sketches. It stands a short distance from the original site on the river.

Yes. Gold-panning lessons are offered most days in season, in a designated stretch of the South Fork below the mill. The park provides pans for the lesson, and visitors who keep coming back tend to bring their own.

The discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill on 24 January 1848. The news travelled slowly at first, but by mid-1848 Sam Brannan was walking through San Francisco with a vial of dust shouting the news. About 90,000 people came to California in 1849, and the total reached roughly 300,000 by 1855.

Marshall Gold Discovery became a state historic park in 1942. The replica mill was completed in 1968 to mark the 120th anniversary of the discovery, and the visitor center, museum, and most exhibits date from later decades.

For someone who knows Highway 49, the South Fork, and the long quiet of Coloma in the off-season, a piece of Sutter's Mill carries the place without sentiment. A Medium in the Glossy finish reads well in a study or hallway, with a handwritten note from the studio.

The Sierra greens, river greys, and weathered-timber browns sit well in mountain-modern, ranch-modern, and craftsman rooms. The painterly treatment also reads as a single colour anchor in a more minimal space with oak and natural fibre.

Yes. Mountain-modern interiors lean into painterly historic landscape pieces over the literal photograph. The stained-glass-and-oil treatment of Sutter's Mill carries the river and the timber of the place without becoming a stock postcard.

Above a sofa, a single Large at 24 inches anchors the wall; a 4-tile Mural at 36 inches fills a longer space. Above a console, the Medium or the smaller 4-tile Mural is the usual call.

Yes. The Dura Satin and Matte finishes are scratch-resistant and made for high-moisture rooms, including showers and full-height backsplashes. The Glossy finish is reserved for show-pieces and framed wall art rather than wet installations.

A microfibre cloth and water. No abrasive pads, no bleach. The colour lives in the surface of the tile and will not fade or scratch off in normal household use.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is drawn in Wender Studios' own visual language; the painting was made in-house, and the studio holds the original. We do not license third-party art.