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The old Coloma Road opened in 1847, it ran from Sutter's Fort to the city of Coloma. Marshall traveled the road to tell of his gold find to Captain John A. Sutter. During the 49ers gold rush thousands of miners traveled the road heading out to look for gold and claims. Coloma Road at Sutter's Fort is a California Historical Landmark No. 745. [13]
The state Department of Parks and Recreation approved a plan Tuesday, June 11, 2024, that will amend the content of learning materials, tours and other guides at Sutter’s Fort State Historic ...
Sutter was forced to abandon his business ventures at the settlement after that, when the area was overrun by large numbers of gold-seekers. [11] Sutter's Fort is preserved as a California State Historic Park. [10] With the gold rush, Sutter's workers abandoned him to seek their fortune in the gold fields. Later, squatters occupied his land.
A depiction of Sutter's Fort, as it had appeared in the 1840s. John Augustus Sutter arrived in the city of Yerba Buena, which would become the city of San Francisco, after encountering a massive storm en route from the city of Sitka, Russian Alaska; he was later redirected by Mexican officials to the colonial capital of Monterey, where he appealed to governor Juan Bautista Alvarado of Alta ...
In 1839, John Sutter, a Swiss immigrant of German origin, settled in Alta California and began building a fortified settlement on a land grant of 48,827 acres where the Sacramento and American Rivers meet. This establishment, known as Sutter's Fort, was where the first traces of gold were found, initiating the California Gold Rush.
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Sacramento History Center established. 1989 – Renaissance Tower built. 1990 – Population: 369,365. [28] 1991 April 4: 1991 Sacramento hostage crisis. U.S. Bank Plaza built. 1992 – Wells Fargo Center built. 1993 – Joe Serna, Jr. becomes mayor. 1995 City website online. [29] Sacramento Festival of Cinema begins. 1996 – Thistle Dew ...
John Augustus Sutter (February 23, 1803 – June 18, 1880), born Johann August Sutter and known in Spanish as Don Juan Sutter, [1] [2] was a Swiss immigrant who became a Mexican and later an American citizen, known for establishing Sutter's Fort in the area that would eventually become Sacramento, California, the state's capital.