The rains held off enough for us to head over to Sutter’s Fort the next morning.
Sutter’s Fort was one of the first European outposts in the area.
Most memorable for the girls is that Sutter’s Fort sent out the rescue party that rescued the remaining members of the Donner Party. We read Patty Reed’s Doll (a great child-friendly look at the Oregon Trail and western pioneers that avoided any mention of cannibalism by focusing on the doll belonging to a girl in one of the families who all survived), so this was a must-stop. Patty Reed was so grateful for the help the Sutter’s For folks gave her family that she asked to have her doll donated to the museum when she died. It was like if the doll in Hitty: Her First Hundred Years was a real doll, and you could just go see her!
That’s a coyote pelt.
Working the grain mill!
Then we headed over to the Capitol building for a tour.
See, I was there, too.
The inside of the dome is actually about 100 feet shorter than the outside of the dome. We learned all sorts of fun facts on our tour!
By the front door, which doesn’t lead anywhere because they ran out of money for the staircase.
Senate=red color scheme to match the British House of Lords. Who knew?
Assembly=green color scheme in the British House of Commons. Just think about how much bad legislation happens in this room…