September 10, 1969 (12 pages)

TL EIEN RN NE a ea OOD IE ACRES IIE ing at, Sutter’s Fort surrounded © by growing civilization As the medern day traveler drives along the wide treeshaded streets of Sacramento leading to Sutter's Fort it’ is hard to imagine that once nothing but.wilderness surrounded the small fort that was the beginning of the state's capitol city. If any place in the city reflects the history of Sacramento, then it is Sutter's Fort, located at 27th and L streets, reports the California State Automobile Association. It was on this knoll in 1839 that Sutter, aSwiss emigrant and first settler in the Sacramento Valley, started his fort that eventually became a mecca and supply point for the wagon trains, trappers. and adventurers who found their way West over the Sierra Nevada in the 1840's, Among the men who visited the. fort in those early days were It was to Sutter's Fort,~in Stt2ESERE ees ie ates ci di bpeeet ez aE A . a 5 if eg +i Ete 3 ej if Hi g E E i BE i i eye se8 . a; : fii italy gEegs nad gg Eee peEESE aradi : } To Auburn . ' To Plocerville To Stavhtca Today tourists can walk around the fort and look into Inside the fort are the central building with Sutter's offices on the upper floor and a museum. ‘Sutter's quarters, west of the L Street. gate represent the kit-the sawmill, are in Sutter's office, Ban Various shops are built along the inside of the wall and give an idea of. what life in the fort was like in:the 1840's. There are thousands of items on display within the fort--weapons: used by the trappers and explorers in taming the land, and household goods and tools brought overland by the pioneers on their. long torturous wagon journeys. ‘ Visitors may peer through the door to the upper floor of the bastion and. see the cannon, and also through the door of the fort prison below where prisoners found few comforts. in the west end rooms are the gunsmith, storage and living quarters, kitchen, meat room and carpenter shop. ‘ A diorama depicting the arrival of Fremont and his guide, Kit. Carson, in March 1844, and members of their party, with Sutter greeting them at the gate, is on display in the Sutter Story Room which adjoins the Monument Office. pan Wednesday, Septerber 10, 1969 The Nevada County Nugget 3 Sherwood Forest zone change recommended The county planning commission is recommending that all lots in Sherwood Forest subdivision at the edge of Grass Valley be rezoned from unclassified to one family residential combined with agriculture on minimum 20,000 square foot lots. © "The limited agricultural use does not adversely effect health, safety, and welfare of adjacent landowners," were the findings. M. E, McGregor, a resident, formally opposed the section pertaining to keeping animals and asked that it be deleted. He claimed that odors from the animals could become objectionable and bother neighbors. He cited neighborhood feuds as a possible result of keeping animals. Commissioner Dorothy Sanders appeared to agree in part with McGregor. She suggested that 4-Hers with animal projects be required to obtain use permits. She was the only commissioner to oppose the rezoning, and later explained her vote by saying, "Agriculture ‘sometimes leads to neighborhood problems." In other action this week the commission recommended that the board of supervisors approve rezoning Glenshire Unit One from unclassified to one-family residential combined with agriculture on 40,000 square foot minimum building sites. Recommended rezoning Alta Sierra Estates Unit 18 from unclassified to one-family combined with agriculture on minimum 40,000 square foot lots, and to one-family residential with building sites as shown on the map. Recommended rezoning to Alta Sierra Estates 15-B from unclassified to one-family residential combined with agriculture on 40,000 square foot minimum building. lots, and to one family residential as shown on the map. Recommended that lot sizes be 40,000 square feet in the Cherry Creek area. The commission recommended one family residential combined with agriculture zoning earlier, but withheld limiting lot sizes pending further study. The commission Monday noted that a new*ordinance protects owners of parcels under 40,000 square feet by allowing pre-existing non -conforming lots in the new zoning. 30SGE-w769 REV. Although the cost of living is up 183% since 1935, typical PG&E gas and electric rates are down 13.9%. Of course your PG&E bill is bigger now because you use more gas and electricity for the comforts and convenences of modern living. yes

TL EIEN RN NE a ea OOD IE ACRES IIE ing at, Sutter’s Fort surrounded © by growing civilization As the medern day traveler drives along the wide treeshaded streets of Sacramento leading to Sutter's Fort it’ is hard to imagine that once nothing but.wilderness surrounded the small fort that was the beginning of the state's capitol city. If any place in the city reflects the history of Sacramento, then it is Sutter's Fort, located at 27th and L streets, reports the California State Automobile Association. It was on this knoll in 1839 that Sutter, aSwiss emigrant and first settler in the Sacramento Valley, started his fort that eventually became a mecca and supply point for the wagon trains, trappers. and adventurers who found their way West over the Sierra Nevada in the 1840's, Among the men who visited the. fort in those early days were It was to Sutter's Fort,~in Stt2ESERE ees ie ates ci di bpeeet ez aE A . a 5 if eg +i Ete 3 ej if Hi g E E i BE i i eye se8 . a; : fii italy gEegs nad gg Eee peEESE aradi : } To Auburn . ' To Plocerville To Stavhtca Today tourists can walk around the fort and look into Inside the fort are the central building with Sutter's offices on the upper floor and a museum. ‘Sutter's quarters, west of the L Street. gate represent the kit-the sawmill, are in Sutter's office, Ban Various shops are built along the inside of the wall and give an idea of. what life in the fort was like in:the 1840's. There are thousands of items on display

within the fort--weapons: used by the trappers and explorers in taming the land, and household goods and tools brought overland by the pioneers on their. long torturous wagon journeys. ‘ Visitors may peer through the door to the upper floor of the bastion and. see the cannon, and also through the door of the fort prison below where prisoners found few comforts. in the west end rooms are the gunsmith, storage and living quarters, kitchen, meat room and carpenter shop. ‘ A diorama depicting the arrival of Fremont and his guide, Kit. Carson, in March 1844, and members of their party, with Sutter greeting them at the gate, is on display in the Sutter Story Room which adjoins the Monument Office. pan Wednesday, Septerber 10, 1969 The Nevada County Nugget 3 Sherwood Forest zone change recommended The county planning commission is recommending that all lots in Sherwood Forest subdivision at the edge of Grass Valley be rezoned from unclassified to one family residential combined with agriculture on minimum 20,000 square foot lots. © "The limited agricultural use does not adversely effect health, safety, and welfare of adjacent landowners," were the findings. M. E, McGregor, a resident, formally opposed the section pertaining to keeping animals and asked that it be deleted. He claimed that odors from the animals could become objectionable and bother neighbors. He cited neighborhood feuds as a possible result of keeping animals. Commissioner Dorothy Sanders appeared to agree in part with McGregor. She suggested that 4-Hers with animal projects be required to obtain use permits. She was the only commissioner to oppose the rezoning, and later explained her vote by saying, "Agriculture ‘sometimes leads to neighborhood problems." In other action this week the commission recommended that the board of supervisors approve rezoning Glenshire Unit One from unclassified to one-family residential combined with agriculture on 40,000 square foot minimum building sites. Recommended rezoning Alta Sierra Estates Unit 18 from unclassified to one-family combined with agriculture on minimum 40,000 square foot lots, and to one-family residential with building sites as shown on the map. Recommended rezoning to Alta Sierra Estates 15-B from unclassified to one-family residential combined with agriculture on 40,000 square foot minimum building. lots, and to one family residential as shown on the map. Recommended that lot sizes be 40,000 square feet in the Cherry Creek area. The commission recommended one family residential combined with agriculture zoning earlier, but withheld limiting lot sizes pending further study. The commission Monday noted that a new*ordinance protects owners of parcels under 40,000 square feet by allowing pre-existing non -conforming lots in the new zoning. 30SGE-w769 REV. Although the cost of living is up 183% since 1935, typical PG&E gas and electric rates are down 13.9%. Of course your PG&E bill is bigger now because you use more gas and electricity for the comforts and convenences of modern living. yes