Captain John A. Sutter's Landing
[Main Marker]:
Captain John A. Sutter, after coming up the Sacramento River from Yerba Buena in August 1839, landed approximately two hundred feet north of here, at what was then the south bank of the American River. A short time thereafter he moved to the site where he established a permanent camp, and later built his fort. Sutter and his men where the first settlers within the present city limits of Sacramento.
[Smaller Marker]:
In commemoration of the
landing of John A. Sutter
A Fellow Pioneer
1854-1888
Relocated August 13, 1989
Sacramento Pioneer Association
Marker is at the intersection of C Street and 28th Street, on the right when traveling west on C Street.
Courtesy hmdb.org
