1944 Map of Sutter Creek

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Preston School of Industry dominates the central landscape near Ione, reflecting the institutional history of Amador County during the mid-1940s. The region is a dense network of gold-rush era settlements and resource infrastructure, where the Amador Canal snakes through the foothills to serve towns like Sutter Creek and Amador City. The survey captures the industrial footprint of the Mother Lode, from the Southern Pacific rail lines terminating at Martell to the numerous gulches and hills like Irish Hill and Quartz Mtn that defined the local mining economy. To the south, the Mokelumne River is partially contained by the Pardee Reservoir, marking the boundary with Calaveras County. Smaller agricultural outposts and schools, such as Willow Springs Sch and Jackson Valley Sch, provide essential touchpoints for genealogists tracing family locations between the larger hubs of Jackson and Plymouth.