SACRAMENTO — State park leaders have voted to make changes at one of Sacramento's oldest and most historic sites—and it may even get a new name. Up to 120,000 people visit Sutter's Fort each year.

Take a step back in time to the days before gold was discovered in California with a visit to Sutter's Fort. In 1839, Swiss immigrant John Sutter built what became known as Sutter’s Fort ...

Before it became Sacramento, the present-day capital of California was called Sutter’s Fort and then Nueva Helvetia by its founder, a Swiss emigrant named John Sutter. He became famous as a ...