Editing Sutter's Fort (section)

{{Short description|Historic park in Sacramento, California}}
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{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Sutter's Fort
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| image = Sutter's Fort from Gleason's Pictorial Drawing Room Companion.jpg
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| caption = Sutter's Fort, 1840s illustration
| locmapin = United States Sacramento#California#USA
| map_width = 235
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| coordinates = {{coord|38|34|20.9|N|121|28|16.4|W|display=inline,title}}
| location = 2701 L Street <br />[[Sacramento, California]]
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| architecture =
| added = October 15, 1966
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| refnum = 66000221)
| designated_other1=California
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| designated_other1_number =745
| designated_other2=California
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[[File:Sutters fort flag 1840.jpg|thumb|Sutter's Fort flag, {{circa}} 1839–1848<ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=A 13-Star American Flag associated with pre-statehood California dated, "1840" |url=https://www.freemansauction.com/auctions/a-grand-old-flag-the-stars-and-stripes-collection-of-dr-peter-j-keim-1648/lot/8 |website=Freeman Auction}}</ref>]]
[[File:Sutter's Fort interior (1).JPG|thumb|Sutter's Fort interior]]
[[File:Sutter fort flag 1846.jpg|thumb|Sutter's Fort lone star flag, {{circa}} 1846<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ferrigan III |first=James J. |date=11 June 1999 |title=Sutter's Republic (U.S.) |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/us-sutr.html |website=crwflags.com}}</ref>]]

'''Sutter's Fort''' was a 19th-century agricultural and trade colony in the Mexican ''[[Alta California]]'' province.<ref name="nhlsum">{{cite web|work=[[National Park Service]] |url=https://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/American_Latino_Heritage/California_National_Historic_Trail.html |title=California National Historic Trail}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.linecamp.com/museums/americanwest/western_names/sutter_john/sutter_john.html |title=John Sutter, Sutters Fort |website=linecamp.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707072333/http://www.linecamp.com/museums/americanwest/western_names/sutter_john/sutter_john.html |archive-date=July 7, 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Established in 1839, the site of the fort was originally part of a utopian colonial project called [[New Helvetia]] (''New Switzerland'') by its builder [[John Sutter]], though construction of the fort proper would not begin until 1841. The fort was the first non-Indigenous community in the California [[Central Valley (California)|Central Valley]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=485 |title=Sutter's Fort State Historic Park |work=[[California Department of Parks and Recreation]] |archive-date=March 13, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170313010342/http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=485 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and saw [[Forced labor in California#Settlement of California|grave mistreatment of Indigenous laborers]] in plantation or feudal style conditions. The fort is famous for its association with the [[Donner Party]], the [[California Gold Rush]], and the formation of the city of [[Sacramento]], surrounding the fort. It is notable for its proximity to the end of the [[California Trail|California]] and [[Siskiyou Trail]]s, which it served as a waystation.<ref name="parks.history">{{cite web |url=http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=21507 |title=History of the Fort |work=[[California Department of Parks and Recreation]] |access-date=January 17, 2012 |archive-date=September 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190901033446/http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=21507 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

In modern times, the [[adobe]] structure has been restored to its original condition ({{coord|38.5723|-121.4712}}) and is now administered by [[California Department of Parks and Recreation]]. It was designated a [[National Historic Landmark]] in 1961.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://interpretingsuttersfort.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/SFSHP_IMP_3_8_2022.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220313143337/https://interpretingsuttersfort.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/SFSHP_IMP_3_8_2022.pdf|url-status=usurped|archive-date=March 13, 2022|year=2022|publisher=California Department of Parks and Recreation|title=Sutter's Fort SHP: Interpretation Master Plan DRAFT|access-date=6 April 2023|website=Reinterpreting Sutter's Fort}}</ref>{{rp|42}}