December 13 Business in 1841 John Sutter purchased Fort Ross from the Russian American Fur Company for $30,000 on credit. He acquired materials and implements for Sutter’s Fort, including a small brass field howitzer that became known as the “Sutter Gun”. Overland Journeys in 1844 The Stephens-Townsend-Murphy Party, ten families, reached Sutter’s Fort. They left Council Bluffs, Iowa […]