Old Sacramento and Downtown - Sacramento Archives and Museum Collection Center; Historic Old Sacramento Foundation
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The discovery of gold launched an unprecedented rush of humanity to Californiaas 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…mehr

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The discovery of gold launched an unprecedented rush of humanity to Californiaas 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 merchantas residence was transformed into the governoras 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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An expert team from the Sacramento Archives and Museum Collection Center (SAMCC) and the Historic Old Sacramento Foundation (HOSF) has carefully mined its own resources, unearthing photographic treasures to create this visual journey through 150 years of Sacramento history. They add a learned and entertaining narrative describing the birth and growth of a great western city.