# @sachistorymuseum on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2026-02-08T02:31:54.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Sacramento History Museum (@sachistorymuseum) — https://gondola.cc/sachistorymuseum

## Caption

On February 7, 1846, William Loker, the assistant clerk at Sutter’s Fort (in present-day Midtown Sacramento), wrote in the Fort’s daily logbook, “Capt. [Lansford] Hastings & [John] Bidwell finished laying out the town.” That town was the proposed site of Sutterville.

Hoping for increased immigration to the Sacramento Valley, John Sutter knew Sutter’s Fort would not be an adequate trading post to supply American immigrants with the increased demand for commercial supplies and housing. Lansford Hastings also hoped to increase American immigration to California with his newly published guidebook, “The Emigrants’ Guide to Oregon and California.” 

Knowing that the area west of Sutter’s Fort flooded often during the winter, Sutterville was surveyed on a low bluff overlooking the Sacramento River, just a few miles south of Sutter’s Embarcadero (where Old Sacramento is today). To encourage German immigration to California, this proposed map of Sutterville was published in 1849 in “Neuer Praktischer Wegweiser für Auswanderer nach Nord-Amerika” (New Practical Guide for Emigrants to North America) by Captain B. Schmölder. 

During the early days of the California Gold Rush, merchants invested in property in Sacramento City on the waterfront and the town of Sutterville declined. Sacramento City was the more preferred location for merchants as it was the location ships could already dock and unload supplies and passengers. Sutterville was simply an added detour for merchants and incoming gold seekers. The site of Sutterville is located at present-day William Land Park in Sacramento. 

Map of Sutterville by Captain B. Schmölder published in 1849 in “Neuer Praktischer Wegweiser für Auswanderer nach Nord-Amerika.” Please note that the map is oriented with north at the bottom. 

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