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Title	Sutter's Fort, Near Sacramento, Where Gold was First Discovered in California, 1848
Date	1915
Description	This 1915 postcard shows a newly-restored Sutter's Fort, as seen from the northeast. The forts adobe-style walls were rebuilt with new brick at a height of 16 feet. The exact layout and angle of the fort's walls was determined by finding blacksmith Ephraim Fairchild's old coal storage room, which was known to have been in the southwest portion of the fort. Once enough layers of soil were removed, blackened soil was found, revealing a proper right angle. The card's inset shows the fort's central building. The annotation - "Sutter's Fort near Sacramento, Where Gold was First Discovered in California" - is incorrect. James Marshall discovered the seminal nugget in Coloma, California, nearly 50 miles to the east of Sacramento.
Holding Institution	Sacramento Public Library, Sacramento Room
Rights	This image may be protected by Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S.C.). Copyright restrictions applying to the reproduction and use of this image are available from the Sacramento Public Library.
City/County	Sacramento
Subject	Sutter's Fort
Collection	Sacramento Room Postcard Collection
Unique ID	BBSAC873