Ledger Dispatch: Four Articles Worth Sharing

We appreciate the local press from the Ledger Dispatch, a good friend to Knight Foundry over the years!   Here are four articles (in PDF format) worth sharing: A Rare Gem Turns 150, September 1, 2023 Letter to the Editor, May 5 2023 Hometown Heroes: Knight Foundry Teaches Machining Skills, April 10 2022 Knight Foundry [...]

2023-10-09T02:05:56-07:00October 9th, 2023|city of sutter creek, historic preservation, knight foundry, knight foundry press|Comments Off on Ledger Dispatch: Four Articles Worth Sharing

Ledger Dispatch: A Rare Gem Turns 150

By Sarah Spinetta @ Ledger Dispatch A remnant of the past, a unique piece of living history untouched by modernization: the Knight Foundry in Sutter Creek is a truly rare gem. The site draws in visitors from the Motherlode to international tourists, interested in seeing firsthand the machines, tools and techniques that literally built [...]

2023-09-01T22:24:49-07:00September 1st, 2023|city of sutter creek, historic preservation, knight foundry, knight foundry press|Comments Off on Ledger Dispatch: A Rare Gem Turns 150

Knight Foundry Celebrates Five Years! Saturday, March 12, 2022

blacksmith shop forge WRITTEN MARCH 2022 On March 4, 2017, a chilly windy day, Sutter Creek’s historic Knight Foundry opened its doors to the public for the first time in nearly 20 years. Nearly 1,200 people visited, and two decades of pent-up interest and enthusiasm was unleashed. Now, five years later, the organization [...]

2022-03-28T21:51:26-07:00March 1st, 2022|city of sutter creek, historic preservation, knight foundry, knight foundry press, knight foundry special event|Comments Off on Knight Foundry Celebrates Five Years! Saturday, March 12, 2022

Ledger Dispatch: Sutter Creek’s Historic Knight Foundry Is Reopening!

Saturday, November 14, 2020 is the big day! After seven long months, Knight Foundry, 81 Eureka Street in Sutter Creek, plans to be open to the public on this month’s regularly scheduled Tour Day from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Come back to visit and explore Sutter Creek’s historic industrial crown jewel, Amador County’s own [...]

2020-11-16T23:55:28-08:00November 16th, 2020|historic preservation, knight foundry, knight foundry press, knight foundry special event|Comments Off on Ledger Dispatch: Sutter Creek’s Historic Knight Foundry Is Reopening!

Knight Foundry’s New Machine Shop Hits the ‘Home Stretch’

September 4, 2020 in the Amador Ledger Dispatch, page B7.Written by Jack Mitchell. Photos by Ed Arata.What better time for a little love and care than during a pandemic. We should have known that Ed Arata and the volunteers at Knight Foundry would be busy. What’s been accomplished is amazing, some would even say — [...]

2020-09-06T20:54:58-07:00September 6th, 2020|historic preservation, knight foundry, knight foundry press, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Knight Foundry’s New Machine Shop Hits the ‘Home Stretch’

Knight Foundry themed exhibit wins Best of Show at California State Fair

LEDGER DISPATCH July 16, 2018. The 165th California State Fair in Sacramento kicked off over the weekend, and Amador County was well represented. The Amador County booth this year featured a Knight Foundry theme, and took home Best of Show. Amador County also received a Gold Award for the booth, Best Marketing Presentation award, and [...]

2018-09-07T21:15:37-07:00September 7th, 2018|historic preservation, knight foundry, knight foundry press|Comments Off on Knight Foundry themed exhibit wins Best of Show at California State Fair

The last of its kind: Restoring Knight Foundry

Watch ABC10 Special about Sutter Creek's Knight Foundry Author: John Bartell March 19, 2018. It's the last of its kind and it was almost lost. Knight Foundry built the machines that helped build California. The water powered machine shop was turning to rust until a group of volunteers restored it. "This is the last [...]

2018-09-07T04:06:21-07:00March 20th, 2018|historic preservation, knight foundry, knight foundry press|Comments Off on The last of its kind: Restoring Knight Foundry

SACRAMENTO VALLEY: Knight Foundry: A Window into the Industrial Technology of the 1800s

By: Carl Gwyn (9-19-17) Nestled in a corner of the beautiful Gold Rush town of Sutter Creek, you’ll find the only remaining water-powered foundry in the United States. Established in 1873 to supply equipment for the Gold Rush and other developing industries of the new state of California, Knight Foundry operated continuously, with little technological [...]

2017-09-19T18:56:50-07:00September 19th, 2017|california gold country, city of sutter creek, historic preservation, knight foundry, knight foundry press|Comments Off on SACRAMENTO VALLEY: Knight Foundry: A Window into the Industrial Technology of the 1800s

Modern Day Sutter Creek

A charming balance of old and new, today’s Sutter Creek maintains its Gold Rush facade while catering to the wants and needs of visitors from around the world. Shop, dine, slumber, stroll, wine taste, and enjoy the atmosphere of Sutter Creek in California’s Amador County.

Located about 45 miles southeast of Sacramento. Sutter Creek is ideally situated in the heart of the Sierra Foothill Wine Country and is Amador County’s most walkable town with Bed and Breakfast Inns, restaurants, wine tasting rooms and shops on beautiful Main Street.

Sutter Creek is the perfect hub to explore the Sierra Foothill Wine regions including Amador’s own Shenandoah Valley, El Dorado County’s Fairplay region and Calaveras County’s wine region. Amador County’s Shenandoah Valley has become a thriving and popular wine growing region of California and is often quoted as being “like Napa and Sonoma were thirty five years ago.“

Plan to visit Sutter Creek, the Jewel of the Motherlode, and one of California's finest and friendliest small towns.

Visitor Information: www.suttercreek.org

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