Adventure 051, Site 087 – Sutter's Fort

Capture California, the Game-2012

Adventure: 051, Site 087 – Sutter's Fort

California Landmark Number: 525

National Registry ID: 1966000221

Team: Thing One, Thing Two

Date:  September 27, 2012

Location:

Latitude: 38° 34.341′ N

Longitude: 121° 28.25′ W

Address: 2701 L St, Sacramento

Description:

Date Built: 1839

We are on our way out of town and the history bug has gotten hold of Thing One and Thing Two—we are returning back to Fresno via the slower, but more scenic and historic route. We are starting a bit early. We need to stop at Sutter's Fort, what history trip to Sacramento can resist stopping here? Well, it is closed and will not open for a little while. So we look and walk around the fort, but then we have to leave—we do find other landmarks in the area. But more about that in later posts.



NO. 525 SUTTER'S FORT - John Augustus Sutter, born of Swiss parents in Germany, arrived in New York in July 1834 and in California in July 1839. He founded the fort in 1839 to protect 'New Helvetia,' his 76-square-mile Mexican land grant. Of the original fort, the two-story central building, made of adobe and oak, remains, the fort's outer walls and rooms, which had disappeared by the 1860s, were reconstructed after the State acquired the property in 1890.
Location: Sutter's Fort State Historic Park, 27th and L Sts, Sacramento



References:

• Wikipedia
  
• National Registry of Historical Places-Documents and Photos
  
• HMDB.org
  
• Sutter's Fort State Historic Park
  
• Sutter's Fort Web Site
  

Overall Landmark References:

• David Schmitt's California State Historical Landmark (Schmitt)
  
• Wikipedia: California's National Landmarks (WCNL)
  
• State of California's California Historical Landmarks (CHL)
  
• Wikipedia: California State Landmarks (WCSL)
  
• State of California Historical Resources (CHR)
  
• National Registry of Historical Places (NRHP)
  
• Noehill (NOE)
  
• Historical Marker Database (HMDB)