Sutter left Hock Farm and California completely five months after the fire and went to Washington DC to petition congress for redress, where he died in a Pennsylvania hotel room in 1880 never seeing the justice he fought for.
Following the devastating fire at Hock Farm and California, Sutter left the area five months later and traveled to Washington DC to plead his case before Congress. Unfortunately, he died in a Pennsylvania hotel room in 1880, never having achieved the justice he had fought so hard for.