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The Mother Lode Spirit

by | Aug 3, 2018 | Departments, Old West Saviors

Born in Maine in 1838, Samuel Knight found himself working as a millwright in California’s gold districts around the Civil War era. In 1873, Knight built a wheel to provide water power via pulley system to a Sutter Creek foundry set up by Horace Campbell and David Hall. Within three years, Knight had taken over the foundry. This 1890 photo shows him standing with a cane, surrounded by his employees. — Courtesy Knight Foundry Al


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