Sutter’s Cannon
Here are a couple of images (taken at the Sacramento History Museum) that I forgot to include with my post on Monday, Exploring Sutter’s Fort, Part 3.
Exploring Sutter’s Fort, Part 3
The guns at Sutter’s Fort, mostly used to make a strong impression on the locals, were a varied collection drawn from passing ships and from the Russians at Fort Ross in what is now Sonoma County. The armament, as early as 1842, consisted of two brass fieldpieces and a dozen or more iron guns of different kinds brought from Hawaii […]