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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, 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.

  4. 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 ...

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

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    The commission that oversees California’s Department of Parks and Recreation approved a plan Tuesday that will amend the content of learning materials, tours and other guides at Sutter’s Fort ...

  6. John Sutter - Wikipedia

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    John Sutter. 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.

  7. Conquest of California - Wikipedia

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    John Sutter begins building Sutter's Fort on the Banks of the American River near Sacramento. In the 1840s Sutter's Fort became the largest concentration of Anglo-Americans in Mexican California. 1839: Governor Alvarado decrees that all foreigners who would not become Mexican citizens would be expelled from Mexican California. 7 April 1840

  8. History of Sacramento, California - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

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

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    In 2003, California State Parks acquired 1,785 acres on the north side of the Sutter Buttes, but more than 10 years later, the park still has no official name or public access point to enter ...

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