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Sacramento chronicles: a golden past

By Stapp , Cheryl Anne

Book information

Publisher
Arcadia Publishing Inc.;The History Press
Year
2013
ISBN
9781614238744, 9781609495794, 161423874X
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
3 MB (3501695 bytes)
Pages
(142 pages) : illustrations\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Buildings;Historic buildings;Historic buildings--Cetc. -- Anecdotes;California -- Sacramentostructures

Description

Sacramento boomed when forty-niners flocked to California, but the road from riverfront trading post to cosmopolitan capital was bumpy and winding. In this collection, historian and local author Cheryl Anne Stapp reveals the setbacks and successes that shaped the city, including a devastating cholera outbreak, the 1850s' Squatter Riots, two major fires, the glamorous Pony Express and the first transcontinental railroad built by Sacramento merchants. Even bursting levees and swollen riverbanks couldn't keep the fledgling city down, as Sacramento hoisted its downtown buildings and streets above flood level. Come discover the diversity of Sacramento's heritage from agriculture and state fairs to war efforts, Prohibition and historic preservation, and explore the historic sites that mark the city's development.

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