Old Sacramento and Downtown

Old Sacramento and Downtown
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Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages : 134
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ISBN-10 : 9781439631126
ISBN-13 : 1439631123
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Book Synopsis Old Sacramento and Downtown by : Sacramento Archives and Museum Collection Center

Download or read book Old Sacramento and Downtown written by Sacramento Archives and Museum Collection Center and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2006-06-21 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The discovery of gold launched an unprecedented rush of humanity to Californias Sierra foothills. Many of those miners and minerals flowed as naturally as the waterways into a settlement that grew where the American and Sacramento Rivers meet. The Sacramento River, the main traffic artery between the mines and San Francisco Bay, was soon flanked by a burgeoning Embarcadero and commercial district that became Sacramento City in 1849. Paddlewheel riverboats, like the New World, carried goods, passengers, and great wealth. Besting all jealous rivals, Sacramento became the state capital, and a wealthy merchants residence was transformed into the governors mansion. Today downtown and Old Sacramento, a 28-acre state historic district, are thriving, graced by such treasures as the restored State Capitol Building, the art deco Tower Bridge, and scores of historic structures and attractions like the Leland Stanford Mansion and the California State Railroad Museum.


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