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American, river, 30 mi (48 km) long, rising in N central Calif. in the Sierra Nevada and flowing SW into the Sacramento River at Sacramento. The discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill (see Sutter, John Augustus Sutter, John Augustus, 1803–80, American pioneer, b. Kandern, Baden, of Swiss parents. His original name was Johann August Suter. He emigrated to the United States in 1834, went to St. Louis, then to Santa Fe.
..... Click the link for more information. ) along the river in 1848 led to the California gold rush of 1849. The American is a magnet for rafters. The proposed Auburn Dam, where construction was stopped after a 1975 earthquake, is highly controversial.

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elm traditional symbol of American patriotism. [Tree Symbolism: Flora Symbolica, 182]

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No references found			Attempt of the American Government to Counteract Foreign Influence Over the Indian Tribes. Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington View in context State of the fur trade of the Rocky Mountains American enterprises General Ashley and his associates Sublette, a famous leader Yearly rendezvous among the mountains Stratagems and dangers of the trade Bands of trappers Indian banditti Crows and Blackfeet Mountaineers Traders of the Far West Character and habits of the trapper The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A., in the Rocky Mountains and the far West by Irving, Washington View in context He leaned over the bulwarks of the Donau as the American passengers crossed the plank--the travellers who embark at Southampton are mainly of that nationality--and curiously, indifferently, vaguely, through the smoke of his cigar, saw them absorbed in the huge capacity of the ship, where he had the agreeable consciousness that his own nest was comfortably made. Pandora by James, Henry View in context			amendment record Amendola, Giorgio Amendola, Giovanni Amenemhet Amenemhet I Amenhotep Amenhotep I Amenhotep II Amenhotep III Amenhotep the Younger Amenophis Amenorrhea amensalism Ament Amenti amentia Amer Std Amera America America On-Line, Inc. America the Beautiful America the Beautiful Fund America's Cup America's Multimedia Online America, Captain American American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters American Academy in Rome American Aggression in Vietnam American Airlines American Anti-Slavery Society American architecture American art American Association for Leisure & Recreation American Association for State & Local History American Association for the Advancement of Science American Association of Retired Persons American Association of University Professors American Automobile Association American Ballet Theatre American Bandstand American Bar Association American basement American Bell American Bird Conservancy American Birkebeiner American bond American boreal faunal region American boring system American Bracketed style American Broadcasting Company			America's Wang America's Wang America's Wang America's War on Terror America, Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand America, Captain America, the Beautiful America, United States America, United States America-Georgia Business Development Council America-Israel Friendship League America-Japan Society America-Mideast Educational and Training Services, Inc America-Nepal Friendship Society America: colonial history to 1783 America: Freedom to Fascism America`s Next Top Model America’s Black Holocaust Museum America’s Health Insurance Plans America’s Job Bank America’s Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response America’s Narcotics Control Initiative Americal Division Veterans Association Americal Sail Training Association AmericaLinx Company Americalinx Organization Americamania American American & Custom Car Club Northern Ireland American (continent) American (disambiguation) American (disambiguation) American (river) American (US) American (US) American (USA) American (USA) American Abstract Artists American Academic and Cultural Exchange American Academic and High School Institute American Academics for Israel's Future American Academy Alumni Association, Inc. American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters American Academy Figure Skating Club American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine American Academy for Child Psychoanalysis American Academy for Dance and Kindred Arts American Academy for Emergency Medicine in India American Academy for Jewish Research American Academy for Liberal Education American Academy for Park and Recreation Administration American Academy for Professional Law Enforcement American Academy for the Certification of Brain Injury Specialists American Academy in Berlin American Academy in Rome American Academy in Rome

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