In January 1848, six Mormon men bunked together in a small wood cabin along the South Fork of the American River in Cullumah, as the Nisenan named the land where they had lived for thousands of years, meaning “beautiful valley.” The men, part of the U.S. Army Mormon Battalion, had traveled from Iowa to San Diego to fight in the Mexican-American War, which, fortuitously or not, was close to an end upon their arrival. The war allowed the victorious United States to acquire more than 500,000 square miles of Mexican territory from the Rio Grande to the Pacific Ocean. Undeterred, the men headed north to become laborers at John Sutter’s sawmill
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This has been a year like no other, with the coronavirus dominating the news, including our stories in Comstock’s, both in print and online. It was a difficult year for most businesses in the Capital Region, among the most difficult in the 31 years Comstock’s has been publishing, especially for those deemed nonessential and forced to shut down. For Comstock’s, 2020 kicked off with several memorable editions before the pandemic dominated our coverage. The March issue, our annual celebration of women in leadership, was a whopping 152 pages, the largest ever produced by Comstock’s. Despite the surge in COVID-19, our November issue, focusing on the environment, was