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The Sutter Buttes are a precious ecosystem, they say, filled with delicate tribal artifacts and threatened species.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2024

The Sutter Buttes, though little heralded in modern-day California, have played an outsize role in the state’s history.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2024

For generations, the Buttes have also been a beloved landmark for locals.

From New York Times • Mar. 21, 2024

To get nearer to solving the mystery of the plains, the researchers collected and analyzed rocks from the Spanish Peaks east to Two Buttes, a geologic formation near the Kansas border.

From Science Daily • Mar. 4, 2024

The Prussians had surrendered the neutral zone, and so, with the help of Bismarck, Clinchant and Ladmirault were able to take the Buttes by the two flanks.

From History of the Commune of 1871 by Lissagary, P.