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2. Sutter's Fort - Wikipedia

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   Sutter's Landing. Sutter's Landing is the spot the Captain John A. Sutter landed in August 1839 at the American River after coming up the Sacramento River from Yerba Buena at 38.5816°N 121.4660°W. After landing, Sutter built a base camp, then Sutter's Fort. The site of the landing is California Historical Landmark #591 that was listed on May ...

3. New Helvetia - Wikipedia

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   Rancho New Helvetia. Rancho New Helvetia, in Spanish Rancho Nueva Helvetia, was a 48,839-acre (197.64 km 2) Mexican land grant issued in 1841 by Governor Juan Alvarado to John Sutter. It encompassed lands in present-day Sacramento County, Sutter County, and Yuba County, California. [3]

4. Old Sacramento State Historic Park - Wikipedia

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   Old Sacramento State Historic Park

5. Native American history to be added to Sutter’s Fort. ‘More ...

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   A parent dressed in character stands outside Sutter’s Fort in 2011. The state Department of Parks and Recreation approved a plan Tuesday that will amend the content of learning materials, tours ...

6. Could ‘world’s smallest mountain range’ get new name? What ...

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   John Sutter was a Swiss immigrant who is credited with building Sutter’s Fort and founding New Helvetia, an early settlement built near the confluence of the Sacramento and American rivers near ...

7. Kern and Sutter massacres - Wikipedia

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   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 at the confluence of the Sacramento River and the American River. This establishment, known as Sutter's Fort, was where the first traces of gold were found, initiating the California Gold ...

8. Native Sons of the Golden West - Wikipedia

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   Sutter's Fort, Sacramento: By 1888 the once proud fort built by John Sutter was abandoned and deteriorating and the City of Sacramento sought to demolish it. C. E. Grunsky of Native Sons of the Golden West Sunset Parlor #26 in Sacramento led the fight to purchase and restore this most important symbol of California's pioneer history.

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