Download or read book Rise Ruin Restoration written by Cheryl Anne Stapp and published by . This book was released on 2018-04-10 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every year, Sutter's Fort attracts more than 100,000 visitors from all over the world, and occasionally the very famous come. Queen Elizabeth II scheduled Sutter's Fort as a must-see during her 1963 tour of California. Rise, Ruin and Restoration answers the questions visitors ask: - Why (and how) did Swiss immigrant John Sutter build a high-walled fortress in the wilderness? Who were his employees? - Who were the pioneers that traveled to California in covered wagons, making Sutter's Fort their initial destination? - What was the role Sutter's Fort played in the rescue of the Donner Party? The Bear Flag Revolt? The American conquest of California? - Why did the 1848 gold discovery bring ruin-and who owned Sutter's Fort after John Sutter left? When did the structure decay and collapse? - Why was it important to restore Sutter's Fort in the 1890s? How much did it cost? - What great discovery in the 20th century changed the ways in which visitors experience Sutter's Fort today?

Download or read book John Sutter written by Albert L. Hurtado and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Re-examines the life of John Sutter in the context of America's rush for westward expansion in a fully documented account of the Swiss expatriate and would-be empire builder and his times.

Download or read book The Sutter Family and the Origins of Gold Rush Sacramento written by John Augustus Sutter and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John A. Sutter (1803-1880) could have become one of the richest men in California when gold was found on his property. Instead he lost his vast land holdings on the Sacramento and Feather Rivers and eventually left California penniless. Sutter always claimed to be the victim of charlatans, but he bore considerable responsibility for his downfall. He had amassed huge debts before the gold discovery and added even more afterward. In the rough dealings of frontier capitalism in gold rush California, Sutter was easy prey. Soon after the gold discovery, Sutter’s eldest son, John Jr., (1826-1897) arrived, but soon moved south to Mexico. Hoping to obtain compensation for the land that he and his father had lost, John, Jr., returned to California in 1855 to give his lawyer a thorough statement cataloging how both Sutters were swindled. This extensive document describes the dirty deals of the first great gold rush in the western United States. Sutter’s statement has not been available for sixty years. Editor Allan R. Ottley reproduced and annotated this statement, providing a full biographical context and offering an appendix, bibliography, and index. Albert L. Hurtado’s introduction updates the book, originally published in 1942.

Download or read book Sutter s Fort written by Lynda Cohen Cassanos and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains its importance as a fort in American history and details of life while it was in use.

Download or read book Sutter s Fort written by Oscar Lewis and published by Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Prentice-Hall [1966]. This book was released on 1966 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the career of Swiss immigrant John A. Sutter who founded his California fort in 1839, commanded it in the 1840's and lost it to the forty-niners.

Download or read book Sutter s Fort written by and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Sutter s Fort State Historical Monument written by Sutter's Fort State Historical Monument (Sacramento, Calif.) and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Sutter s Fort written by Oscar Lewis and published by Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Prentice-Hall [1966]. This book was released on 1966 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the career of Swiss immigrant John A. Sutter who founded his California fort in 1839, commanded it in the 1840's and lost it to the forty-niners.

Download or read book The Emigrant s Guide to Oregon and California written by Lansford Warren Hastings and published by Applewood Books. This book was released on 1994 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published in 1845, this guidebook for pioneers is a reproduction of one of the most collectible books about California and the Western movement. It was the guidebook used by the Donner Party on their fateful journey. In addition, because Hastings' shortcut route through the Rockies produced such tragedy, the War Department commissioned The Prairie Traveler.

Download or read book Sutter s Fort Historical Museum written by Sutter's Fort Historical Museum (Sacramento, Calif.) and published by . This book was released on 1944 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biography of Sutter, history of the ranch he founded, the fort he built, the discovery of gold, the Gold Rush and its effects on him, and his losses. Description of the fort and its restoration. Well illustrated.

Download or read book Gold Rush Capitalists written by Mark A. Eifler and published by UNM Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the interaction of capitalism and community in the founding of the gold rush city of Sacramento, and of the clashes between miners and city founders.

Download or read book The Diary of Johann August Sutter written by Johann August Sutter and published by . This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a new release of the original 1932 edition.

Download or read book Sutter s Fort State Historical Monument written by California. Division of Beaches and Parks and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Sutter s Fort State Historic Park written by California. Department of Parks and Recreation and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Sutter s Fort State Historical Monument written by Sutter's Fort State Historical Monument (Sacramento, Calif.) and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biography of Sutter, history of the ranch he founded, the fort he built, the discovery of gold, the Gold Rush and its effects on him, and his losses. Description of the fort and its restoration. Well illustrated.

Download or read book Sutter s Fort State Historical Monument written by Sutter's Fort State Historical Monument and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Captain Sutter s Fort written by Natalie Nelson Hernandez and published by James d Stevenson Pub. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Third in a series, this is the story of two young people who are rescued from Indians by Captain Sutter. They accompany him on his journeys to Oregon, Hawaii, Alaska, and finally to California where they help him build his fort. This book is a fictionalized account based on actual events in the life of John Augustus Sutter.