Rise, Ruin, & Restoration: An Author Talk by Cheryl Anne Stapp

August 7, 2019 @ 6:00PM — 7:30PM Eastern Time (US & Canada)

Calling all Friends of Sutter's Fort members! Hear from author and Sutter's Fort docent, Cheryl Anne Stapp, about her latest book!

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Join us for this member event to learn more about the history of Sutter's Fort State Historic Park!

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Sutter's Fort was more than a quiet outpost on the California Frontier. It was a center of commerce and trade, a respite for wagon trains and weary pioneers, and the epicenter of a movement that would forever change the landscape of California.

Join us for a captivating member event as we hear from author Cheryl Ann Stapp about her latest book, Rise, Ruin, and Restoration: A History of Sutter's Fort.

According to Stapp, "When its founder departed in 1849, his dreams crushed by the lawless chaos of the California Gold Rush, the once solid structure began to decay. By 1855 it was in ruins, a forgotten place whose very existence had once been instrumental to bringing California into the Union. Now a state historic park, Sutter's Fort is the first large-scale reconstruction of an adobe structure anywhere in the United States. This is the history of Sutter's Fort from 1839 to the present, and the remarkable men and women who brought their wagons to its gates."

Space for this speaking event is limited and registration is required. This presentation will run approximately 1.5 hours and is FREE to Friends of Sutter’s Fort members and their guests.

Limit 25 attendees.

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ABOUT CHERYL A. STAPP:

Cheryl is both a Sutter's Fort docent and an award-winning author who has written several other books on Sacramento History. Some of her previous titles include Before the Gold Rush: The Sinclairs of Rancho Del Paso 1840-1849, Sacramento Chronicles: A Golden Past, and Disaster & Triumph: Sacramento Women, Gold Rush Through the Civil War.

For questions, please contact Kyle Floyd, Marketing and Membership Coordinator, by phone at (530) 363-2390 or via email at kfloyd@suttersfort.org.