A historical plaque commemorates the Sutter's Fort, established by Capt. John A. Sutter in August 1839, marking the Western end of the Coloma Road, which ran from the Fort to Sutter's sawmill at Coloma, used by James W. Marshall in January 1848 to bring the news of the gold discovery to Sutter, it was traversed later by thousands of miners going to and from the diggings, in 1849, the Coloma Road became the route of California's first stageline, established by James E. Birch. The plaque is placed by the California State Park Commission in cooperation with the Sacramento County Historical Society and the Grand Parls, Native Sons and Native Daughters of the Golden West, August 14, 1960.