Replica of Sutter’s Fort

Constructed on the basic plan of Sutter’s original fort one hundred years after its erection in Sacramento by that distinguished pioneer Captain John Augustus Sutter. The building of this replica of one of the most outstanding landmarks to the early California pioneers was prompted by the same spirit that animated its founder. The advancement of American civilization.

Constructed jointly by

Federal Works Agency

Work Project Administration

and

County of Kern

Board of Supervisors

W.R. Woollomes -Chairman • C.W. Harty • Ralph Lavin •

Stanley Abel • Charles Wimmer • Work Relief Department • H.R. Hubbard – Director • W. Francis Parsons – Architect

Marker is on North 10th Street, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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