Title: Sutter's Fort, California Description: Sutter's Fort, California; an 1848 lithograph depicting Sutter's Fort, also called New Helvetia, during the Mexican-American War (1846-1848); located at the junction of the Sacramento and American Rivers which is now called Sacramento, California, it was a fortified frontier trading post and feudal estate operated by John Augustus Sutter (February 15, 1803-June 18, 1880), a German-born Swiss who came to the area in 1839; Sutter's name became synonymous with the California Gold Rush when gold was discovered at Sutter's Mill, a saw mill, in 1848; the Mexican-American war was a U.S. and Mexican territorial dispute between the Nueces and Rio Grande Rivers that led to open war between the two countries on May 13, 1846; the war ended with U.S. troops in possession of California, the Southwest, northern Mexico, and central Mexico from Veracruz to Mexico City; in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Mexico ceded to the U.S. the territories of California and New Mexico and all the land up to the Rio Grande River, and also relinquished its claim to Texas; in return, the U.S. paid Mexico $15 million; Category: Mexican-American War Keywords: California Gold Rush, gold discovery, gold rush, Mexican War (1846-1848), Mexican-American War (1846-1848), Mexico, New Helvetia, California, Sutter's Fort, Sutter's Mill, Texas, Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, United States, U.S.-Mexican War (1846-1848), 1840s. Orientation: Landscape Dimensions: 2100 x 1184 (2.49 MPixels) (16:9) Print Size: 17.8 x 10.0 cm; 7.0 x 3.9 inches File Size: 7.15 MB (7,492,454 Bytes) Resolution: 300 x 300 dpi Color Depth: 16.7 million (24 BitsPerPixel) Compression: None Image Number: 0000038570 Source: Jay Robert Nash Collection
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