Old Sacramento and Downtown (Images of America: California)
Old Sacramento and Downtown (Images of America: California)
Old Sacramento and Downtown (Images of America: California)
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<strong>Old</strong> <strong>Sacramento</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Downtown</strong> (<strong>Images</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>America</strong>: <strong>California</strong>) (<strong>Sacramento</strong> Archives <strong>and</strong> Museum Collection Center) The discovery <strong>of</strong> gold launched an unprecedented rush <strong>of</strong> humanity to <strong>California</strong> s Sierra foothills. Many <strong>of</strong> those miners <strong>and</strong> minerals flowed as naturally as the waterways into a settlement that grew where the <strong>America</strong>n <strong>and</strong> <strong>Sacramento</strong> Rivers meet. The <strong>Sacramento</strong> River, the main traffic artery between the mines <strong>and</strong> San Francisco Bay, was soon flanked by a burgeoning Embarcadero <strong>and</strong> commercial district that became <strong>Sacramento</strong> City in 1849. Paddlewheel riverboats, like the New World, carried goods,passengers, <strong>and</strong> great wealth. Besting all jealous rivals, <strong>Sacramento</strong> became the state capital, <strong>and</strong> a wealthy merchant s residence was transformed into the governor s mansion. Today downtown <strong>and</strong> <strong>Old</strong> <strong>Sacramento</strong>, a 28-acrestate historic district, are thriving, graced by such treasures as the restored State Capitol Building, the art deco Tower Bridge, <strong>and</strong> scores <strong>of</strong> historic structures <strong>and</strong> attractions like the Lel<strong>and</strong> Stanford Mansion <strong>and</strong> the <strong>California</strong> State Railroad Museum.<br />
<strong>Old</strong> <strong>Sacramento</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Downtown</strong> (<strong>Images</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>America</strong>:<br />
<strong>California</strong>)
Product details<br />
● Author : <strong>Sacramento</strong> Archives <strong>and</strong> Museum<br />
Collection Center<br />
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Pages : 128 pages<br />
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing 2006-06-26<br />
Language : English<br />
ISBN-10 : 0738531235<br />
ISBN-13 : 9780738531236
<strong>Old</strong> <strong>Sacramento</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Downtown</strong> (<strong>Images</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>America</strong>: <strong>California</strong>)
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