Pt. 1: Captain John Sutter (Swiss Bank Authority for Alta California)

Swiss National Johann Augustus Sutter of Basel Switzerland, aka Captain Don Juan:

New Helvetia (Spanish: Nueva Helvetia), meaning “New Switzerland,” was a 19th-century settlement and rancho in Alta California, centered in present-day Sacramento, California.

Colonialism is the physical practice of dominating another country, often through war and diplomacy, with the aim of exploiting its resources.

Imperialism is the political ideology that drives colonialism, involving the creation of an empire and the expansion of borders to project power.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feudalism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperialism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonialism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alta_California

There are numerous California landmarks bearing the name of Sutter. Sutter Street in San Francisco is named for John A. Sutter. Sutter's Landing, Sutterville Road, Sutter Middle School, Sutter's Mill School, and Sutterville Elementary School in Sacramento are all named after him. The Sutterville Bend of the Sacramento River is named for Sutter, as is Sutter Health, a non-profit health care system in Northern California. The City of Sutter Creek, California and Sutter, California are also named after him. In Acapulco, Mexico, the property that used to belong to John Augustus Sutter Jr. became the Hotel Sutter, which is still in service. The Sutter Buttes, a mountain range near Yuba City, California, and Sutter County, California (of which Yuba City is the seat) are named after him as well.

The Johann Agustus Sutter House in Lititz, Pennsylvania was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

The 'Sutter's Gold' rose, an orange blend hybrid tea rose bred by Herbert C. Swim, was named after him.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Bautista_Alvarado
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sutter
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Helvetia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donner_Party
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Sacramento,_California
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Fr%C3%A9mont
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bidwell
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sutter%27s_Mill
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_W._Marshall
https://localwiki.org/yuba-sutter/Mary_Murphy_Covillaud
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rowland_Hussey_Macy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Twain