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	Sutter's Fort
		Completed in 1839, Sutter's Fort, which was originally called "Nuevo Helvetia" (New Switzerland) by its builder, John Sutter, was a 19th century argicultural and trading colony in California.
		The compound was built near the junction of the American and Sacramento Rivers.The fort is famous for its association with the Donner Party[?], the Californian Gold Rush and with establishment of Sacramento.
		The Main Building of the fort is a two story adobe structure built between 1841 and 1843.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/su/Sutters_Fort.html (150 words)

	Sutter's Fort - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Completed in 1839, Sutter's Fort, which was originally called "New Helvetia" (New Switzerland) by its builder, John Sutter, was a 19th century agricultural and trading colony in California.
		The compound was built near the junction of the American and Sacramento Rivers and is located at what is now the intersection of 27th and L Streets in the Midtown neighborhood of the city of Sacramento.
		The fort is famous for its association with the Donner Party, the California gold rush and with establishment of Sacramento.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sutters_Fort (241 words)

	About the Park
		John Augustus Sutter was born in Europe to Swiss-German parents in 1803.
		In Sacramento, he built what came to be know as Sutter's Fort -- with walls that were 2 1/2 feet thick and 15 to 18 feet high -- and developed what he considered to be the real wealth of California -- crops such as grapes and wheat, along with vast herds of cattle.
		Sutter's Fort stands as the oldest restored Fort in the United States.
	www.parks.ca.gov /?page_id=21507 (387 words)

	Sutter's Republic (U.S.) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Sutter was a petty official of the Mexican government who answered to officials in the Marina Merchante Department in Mexico.
		The California State Park Historian at Sutters Fort has all of the records and they indicate that the independent California Republic flag hoisted at Sutter's Fort was in fact the Mexican Merchant Flag with a single red star painted on the center stripe.
		Whatever flag was flying on Sutter's Fort was hauled down 11 July, 1846 and replaced by a U.S.Navy 27 star ensign to which had been added a 28th star as the ships at Yerbe Buena had run out of 28 star flags to distribute.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/us-sutr.html (1060 words)

	John Sutters Fort, Sacramento, California - Pics, Photos, History
		Sutter's Fort became famous as a temporary refuge for pioneers between 1841 and 1849.
		Sutter tried to keep the discovery a secret and swore his men to secrecy until the mill was finished.
		Sutter lived at the Hock Ranch until June 1865 when his home was burned down in an act of vengeful arson by a former employee.
	www.pashnit.com /roads/cal/SuttersFort.htm (1643 words)

	flag of Sutter's Republic (U.S.) flags, Fahnen, Flaggen, FOTW bei Nationalflaggen.de
		Sutter was a petty official of the Mexican government who answered to officials in the Marina Merchante Department in Mexico.
		The California State Park Historian at Sutters Fort has all of the records and they indicate that the independent California Republic flag hoisted at Sutter's Fort was in fact the Mexican Merchant Flag with a single red star painted on the center stripe.
		Whatever flag was flying on Sutter's Fort was hauled down 11 July, 1846 and replaced by a U.S.Navy 27 star ensign to which had been added a 28th star as the ships at Yerbe Buena had run out of 28 star flags to distribute.
	www.nationalflaggen.de /flags-of-the-world/flags/us-sutr.html (1071 words)

	Sutter's Fort - TheBestLinks.com - Sutters Fort, Adobe, California, January 28, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Sutters Fort, Sutter's Fort, Adobe, California, January 28, John Sutter...
		Completed in 1839, Sutter's Fort, which was originally called "Nuevo Helvetia" (New Switzerland) by its builder, John Sutter, was a 19th century agricultural and trading colony in California.
		The compound was built near the junction of the American and Sacramento Rivers.The fort is famous for its association with the Donner Party, the California gold rush and with establishment of Sacramento.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Sutters_Fort.html (218 words)

	School Subjects: Social Studies Sutter's Fort
		Sutter's Fort is visited by the fourth graders in an overnight stay.
		This virtual museum is to acquaint students with John Sutter and his fort and the part both played in history.
		The Fort's archives house photographs, daguerreotypes, tintypes, diaries, letters, maps, business records, and an extensive collection of books, all documenting the lives of Sutter and the pioneer families that settled in early California.
	www.sacheart.org /subjects/socialstudies_suttersfort.html (574 words)

	American Cowboys: Jesse James, Wyatt Earp, Annie Oakley, Willa Cather, The Alamo, Daniel Boone (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		In the 1840's Sutters Fort was a key stopping point for wagon trains from the east.
		Sutters workmen left him for the promise of easy riches, and California became a U.S. Territory only nine days after gold was discovered, and Sutters title to the land was disputed and he could not protect the land that was now being overrun by prospectors.
		Sutter died impoverished and mainly due to the greed of people who as this case shows, ran roughshod over white men and Indians alike when it was Gold to be had, and of course the government looked the other way, and his fate not mentioned too much in history.
	www.thewildwest.org /cowboys/cow_west_facts/western_facts/sutter.html (407 words)

	Western Facts
		In the 1840's Sutters Fort was a key stopping point for wagon trains from the east.
		Sutters workmen left him for the promise of easy riches, and California became a U.S. Territory only nine days after gold was discovered, and Sutters title to the land was disputed and he could not protect the land that was now being overrun by prospectors.
		Sutter died impoverished and mainly due to the greed of people who as this case shows, ran roughshod over white men and Indians alike when it was Gold to be had, and of course the government looked the other way, and his fate not mentioned too much in history.
	thewildwest.org /interface/index.php?action=319 (393 words)

	Sutters Fort Museum - Sacramento Gold Country Museum
		Sutter's Fort is located in the heart of the City of Sacramento.
		In 1847 Sutter sent aid to the Donner Party, a group of immigrants trapped in a winter storm in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
		Sutter's Fort 2710 L Street (916) 445-4422 Sacramento's earliest settlement was founded in 1839.
	www.beachcalifornia.com /sutters-fort-museum.html (622 words)

	Wildernet - Sutter's Fort State Historic Park, California (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		John Sutter, a Swiss immigrant, established this European-style settlement in 1839 when he received a 48,000-acre land grant in the Sacramento Valley from the Mexican government.
		Sutter became famous for his hospitality and for giving temporary refuge for travelers.
		Sutter recreated a flourishing agricultural empire - only to see it overrun by gold seekers a decade later.
	www.wildernet.com /pages/area.cfm?areaID=CASPSUTFRHP&CU_ID=1 (576 words)

	Sacramento Hotel
		His name for what we call Sutter's Fort was New Helvitia -- which is considered to be early settlement of the Sacramento area and not the establishment of the city itself (which was accomplished by John Sutter Jr).
		Sutters Fort was unfortunetely overrun by gold seekers who were unconcered about Sutters ideas about a utopian farming community.
		The pioneer John Sutter arrived from Liestal, Switzerland in the Sacramento area with other settlers in August 1839 and established the trading colony and stockade Sutter's Fort (as New Helvetia or "New Switzerland") in 1840.
	www.artistbooking.com /trips/179/sacramento-hotel.html (1588 words)

	» Travel Back in Time to an Evening in 1846 - Sutters Fort SHP - Nov 18, 2006 - DesertUSA News Blog
		The Living History volunteers portray people of Sutter’s Fort going about their evening tasks as if it were November 1846.
		Sutter’s Fort is located at 2701 L Street, Sacramento.
		This entry was posted on Sunday, November 12th, 2006 at 11:56 am and is filed under Sutters Fort SHP.
	www.desertusablog.com /?p=245 (368 words)

	Accessibility Details
		Sutter’s Fort State Historic Park is a reconstructed house museum on the site of Sacramento’s earliest settlement and the first non-Indian settlement in California’s Central Valley.
		Founder John Sutter became known for his hospitality to settlers, but gold seekers overran the place, and little remained by the 1890s.
		The paths of travel from the street and within the Fort are generally accessible.
	access.parks.ca.gov /parkinfo.asp?park=111&type=5 (166 words)

	Historic Fort Ross , Mendocino - Reviews of Historic Fort Ross - IgoUgo
		The Fort was never able to sufficiently provide for the Alaskan outposts and the income from Sea Otters soon became depleted.
		The Russian ownership of the Fort ended in 1841 when it was sold to John Sutter who moved most of the livestock, equipment and armaments from Fort Ross to his Fort near Sacramento (Sutters' Fort).
		Over the years the Fort passed through a series of owners and was finally turned over to the State of California in 1903.
	www.igougo.com /travelcontent/journalEntryActivity.aspx?EntryID=3814 (465 words)

	Sutter's Fort (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		This Virtual Museum of Sutter's Fort was developed for the Schools of California Online Resources for Educators (SCORE) Project, funded by the...
		This is a web page in the California state portal entitled: Sutter's Fort SHP.
		Sutter tells of the Gold Discovery - 1854 Marshall arrived at my office in the Fort, very wet.
	www.tricuspidinsufficiency.info /info/Sutter's-Fort (175 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		You missed a clue in the graveyard at Sutters Fort.
		Sacramento - Sutters Fort - I've taken my mule to the corral outside the Fort.
		From the main entrance into the fort, walk one screen to the East.
	members.aol.com /SierraMan1/gold.txt (2676 words)

	Discovery of Gold, by John A. Sutter - 1848
		I forgot to lock the doors, and it happened that the door was opened by the clerk just at the moment when Marshall took a rag from his pocket, showing me the yellow metal: he had about two ounces of it; but how quick Mr.
		The single men locked their doors and left for “Sutter’s Fort,” and from there to the Eldorado.
		At this time, the Fort was the great trading place where nearly all the business was transacted.
	www.sfmuseum.org /hist2/gold.html (1754 words)

	Sacramento CA Travel Sacramento California Sights Sutters Fort Hotels
		About five blocks of downtown Sacramento has been partitioned off to through traffic for the purpose of preserving the historic Gold Rush era buildings.
		Sutter's Fort is located just a few blocks east of the historic gold rush era town and provides a very interesting peek back into the days before the gold rush.
		Sutter's Fort predates any other building in the area.
	www.2getgold.com /ca/sacramento/sights (338 words)

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		Sutter's Fort St. Francis Church Sacramento CA Linen PC
		Sutters Fort St Francis Church Sacramento CA Postcard
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	search-desc.ebay.com /search/search.dll?query=fort+francis&newu=1&krd=1 (456 words)

	Sacramento CA Travel Sacramento California Sights Sutters Fort Hotels
		About five blocks of downtown Sacramento has been partitioned off to through traffic for the purpose of preserving the historic Gold Rush era buildings.
		Sutter's Fort is located just a few blocks east of the historic gold rush era town and provides a very interesting peek back into the days before the gold rush.
		Sutter's Fort predates any other building in the area.
	2getgold.com /ca/sacramento/sights (344 words)

	[No title]
		In 1925, he was named Curator of Sutter's Fort Museum in Sacramento, California, and became a charter member of the American Association of Museums.
		He was responsible for energizing the public to the historical value of Sutter's Fort.
		His energy, exemplified by his many activities, appeared to be unstoppable, but Harry Peterson died suddenly of a heart attack, in his office at Sutter's Fort, in 1941.
	www-sul.stanford.edu /depts/spc/xml/m0649.xml (1456 words)

	California Missions Resource Center - Stories
		He made his way to Sutters Fort where he worked as a carpenter, ultimately acquiring land in the area.
		In 1847 he and John Sutter set up a sawmill joint venture on the Americas River in the Coloma Valley.
		On January 24, 1848, while checking to be sure that the tailrace of the mill had been flushed clean of silt and debris, Marshall looked down through the clear water and saw a large gold nugget, a discovery that changed the course of California history.
	www.missionscalifornia.com /stories/padres.htm (715 words)

	SACRAMENTO - LoveToKnow Article on SACRAMENTO (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		In 1839 John Augustus Sutter (18o3188o), a Swiss military officer, was allowed to erect a fort on the then frontier of California, on the present site of Sacramento.
		He became a Mexican official (1840), and in 1841 obtained from the Mexican government a grant of II square leagues of land.
		Of these fortune finally favuured Sacramentoa name already frequently applied to the fort, and adopted for the name of the settlement about its embarcadero or river landing in 1848.
	www.1911ency.org /S/SA/SACRAMENTO.htm (846 words)

	Sutters Fort Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Left: Students arrive at the fort in a covered wagon.
		The trip to Sutter's Fort is always a highlight of being in Mrs.
		Highlights of the overnight trip include riding in a covered wagon, learning the many 19th century handcrafts, such as candlemaking, basket weaving and carpentry, and standing guard during the night watch.
	www.ves.nvusd.k12.ca.us /Vichy/Vichy2003/Pages/Teachers/sutter.html (323 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		SUTTERS FORT ------------ you're now in suters fort.
		once back in the fort enter the shop again,where you bought the pan.
		on the right of the main gate you will see a little door in the fort's wall.
	www.mogelpower.de /cheats/ql.php3?id=5976 (4546 words)

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