On Tuesday, June 24th, Gregg Lukenbill and Steve Beck will use accelerated state-of-the-art technology to take you inside the life of John Sutter in Germany before he traveled to America. He grew up in the shadow of the Alps watershed, 148 miles from Kandern, in a multilingual environment on the Rhine River, at the intersection of France, Germany, and Switzerland. He was raised in the initial breakthrough phase of the German Industrial Revolution and received the Swiss equivalent of a US community college education with practical training. His father's work in a water-powered, paper mill for book publishing, attached to Sutter's childhood home, heavily influenced Sutter's life. Sutter grew up in an enlightened world of books, education, and rapid scientific industrial advancement. This dynamic education and apprenticeship in the Rhine River Valley shaped and empowered his vision for the Sacramento River Valley.