Authentic SacherTorte Recipe

Happy “official” birthday, Sacramento! On February 27, 1850, Sacramento became an incorporated city in the territory of California. California, however, did not become a state until September 9, 1850. Sacramento City was founded along Sacramento River’s waterfront, where Old Sacramento is today, in December 1848 when John Sutter Jr. and Samuel Brannan hired Captain William H. Warner, Lieutenant William Tecumseh Sherman, and Lieutenant Edward O. Ord to survey the land from Sutter’s Fort to the Sa

On June 14, 1846, approximately 30 Americans who lived in the vicinity of Sutter’s Fort and fearful of General Jose Castro’s proclamation to deport undocumented Americans from Alta California by the end of the year, commandeered the Mexican Army’s headquarters in Sonoma, and proclaimed California an independent nation. This became known to history as the Bear Flag Revolt. General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo was taken prisoner and sent to Sutter’s Fort two days later. Many know the story of how the

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