Sutter’s Fort State Historic Park

"Costumed docents sometimes reenact fort life, demonstrating crafts, food preparation, and firearms maintenance." Full review

"This landmark was the castle of John Sutter's domain, a walled compound with a variety of workrooms and living quarters built against the interior of the thick adobe brick wall." Full review

"In the mid-1840s, Swiss immigrant John Sutter built his fortress to protect himself and his harvested crops on 150,000 acres of his own land...a popular home for immigrants who came to the West " Full review

"John Sutter established this outpost in 1839, and the park, restored to its 1846 appearance, aims to recapture the spirit of 19th-century California." Full review

"A 19th-century Swiss swindler named Johann Augustus Sutter forever changed the fate of Indigenous people and this land, at the time the Mexican province of Alta California. Sutter sparked..."