Old Sacramento and Downtown

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Cover of the book Old Sacramento and Downtown by Sacramento Archives and Museum Collection Center, Historic Old Sacramento Foundation, Arcadia Publishing Inc.
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Author: Sacramento Archives and Museum Collection Center, Historic Old Sacramento Foundation ISBN: 9781439631126
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc. Publication: June 21, 2006
Imprint: Arcadia Publishing Language: English
Author: Sacramento Archives and Museum Collection Center, Historic Old Sacramento Foundation
ISBN: 9781439631126
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Publication: June 21, 2006
Imprint: Arcadia Publishing
Language: English
The discovery of gold launched an unprecedented rush of humanity to California�s 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 merchant�s residence was transformed into the governor�s 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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The discovery of gold launched an unprecedented rush of humanity to California�s 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 merchant�s residence was transformed into the governor�s 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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