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Think about Sacramento’s past and  Though the Gold Rush was a main  Gold Rush   
the Gold Rush comes to mind. But  part of Sacramento’s history.That is 
“Sacramento History Museum.” 
that’s only part of the story.  not all that happened.  Brand​, sachistorymuseum.org/. 

There will be hundreds of riders  The Pony Express carried mail all over  Pony Express   
and horses that will be carrying  the United States over 10 day course.    Sacramento, City of. “Pony Express 
mail over a ten day course on  It was the fastest way to    Gallops Again in Anniversary Ride across
mail/packages across.    the U.S.” C
​ ity Express​, 25 June 
the Pony Express National    2015,sacramentocityexpress.com/2015/
06/22/pony-express-gallops-again-in-a
Historic Trail.    nniversary-ride-across-the-u-s/#0. 
     
 
     
   
   
 
 
 
 

Sacramento is the capital of the  The capital of California is  Capital  “History.” C
​ ity of Sacramento Word 
State of California, the county seat  Sacramento. It is the central city for  Politics?  Treatment​, 
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for Sacramento County and the  the four-county Sacramento  How Sacramento is now.  ut/History. 
central city for the four-county  Metropolitian Area and the county 
Sacramento Metropolitan Area.  seat for Sacramento County 

In 1839 a Swiss immigrant named J​ ohn  A land grant was given to a Swiss  Sutters Fort  California State Parks, State of 
Sutter​ received a land grant in the  immigrant in 1839. He used this land  Sacramento History  California. “Sutter''s Fort SHP.” ​CA 
Sacramento Valley from the Mexican  State Parks​, 
to create an empire named New  www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=485. 
government. He used the land to create 
 a flourishing agricultural empire and  Helvetia. This man was named John 
named it New Helvetia (New  Sutter. 
Switzerland.)  
 
In 1862, the Pacific Railroad Act chartered  The Pacific Railroad Act invited the Central  Transcontinential railroad   
the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific  Pacific and the Union Pacific Railroad  Building  
Railroad Companies, and tasked them  companies, they gave them a simple task: to  History.com Staff. “Transcontinenta
with building a transcontinental railroad  build a transcontinential railroad that would  Railroad.” H
​ istory.com​, A&E 
that would link the United States from  connect the United States from east to west.  Television Networks, 2010, 
east to west.  This all happened in 1862.  www.history.com/topics/inventions/
ranscontinental-railroad. 

Sam Brannan, from Representative  Sam Brannan was a very important  Sam Brannan   
and Leading Men of the Pacific Coast  man and shaped a lot of  “Latter-Day Scoundrel Sam 
(1870), edited by Oscar T. Shuck.  sacramento’s history.  Brannan.” H
​ istoryNet​, 19 Oct. 2016, 
www.historynet.com/latter-day-sco
undrel-sam-brannan.htm. 

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In 1853 a mammoth project was proposed  A big and expensive project was  Early Sacramento Waterfront   “More...” O
​ ld Sacramento | History​, 
to raise the city above the flood level. The  proposed for Sacramento. But it was  oldsacramento.com/about/history 
ambitious and expensive proposal was not 
not accepted until another flood  .  
fully accepted until another devastating 
flood swept through the city in 1862.   destroyed the city.  

At one time the absolute ruler of what  One day a man named John Sutter  John Sutter    
amounted to a private kingdom along the  decided to buy a piece of land along  The start of the Gold Rush 
Sacramento River, John Sutter saw his  PBS​, Public Broadcasting Service, 
immense wealth and power overrun in the 
the Sacramento River. He believed  www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/
world's rush to pick California clean of  this river had what he needed to  _z/sutter.htm. 
gold.  become more powerful than ever 
before.   
 Most people do not think of
Sacramento when discussing the
history of slavery, but during the
Gold Rush, enslaved human beings
worked for their owners here in
California.  something that doesn’t really fit.
Think about Sacramento’s past
and the Gold Rush comes to
mind. But that’s only part of the
story.
The California State Legislature
officially moved to Sacramento in 1854
and at the 1879 Constitutional
Convention, Sacramento was named
the permanent State Capital.
In 1850 Sacramento experienced its
first devastating flood, and another one
in 1852. ​It became apparent that
drastic measures would need to be
taken if the city was to be saved.
Gold Rush newcomers are unhappy about
Sutter's land titles and the result are the
"Squatter's Riots. " The climax of these riots
is a gun fight at the corner of 4th and J
Streets in Sacramento. Victims of these riots
include both the city's sheriff and mayor.
Slavery in Sacramento, is probably  Start of Slavery in  “Slavery In Sacramento.” ​Midtown 
something very unusual to hear  Sacramento  Monthly RSS​, 
www.midtownmonthly.net/life/slav
about in Sacramento. With it’s  Gold Rush  ery-in-sacramento/. 
happy,cuddly personality it’s 
 
There are many things that shaped Gold rush “Sacramento History Museum.”
the history of sacramento that Brand​, sachistorymuseum.org/.
people do not know about other
than the gold rush
Back in the gold rush times people Capital city “History.” ​City of Sacramento
were unsure where to put the Word Treatment​,
www.cityofsacramento.org/Fire/Ab
capital, but eventually decided out
upon sacramento.
Early sacremento was experiencing Early floods “Sacramento History.” ​Sacramento
many severe floods, which raised Gold Rush Days - Labor Day
Weekend​,
cause for architectural sacramentogoldrushdays.com/sac
improvement to save the city. ramento-history/.
Eary Sacramento was in Early cities troubeled times Sacramento History Online​,
www.sacramentohistory.org/resour
uncertainty during the chaotic flood
ces_timeline.html.
times during the beginning of the
cities founding.
The City’s waterfront location made it Due to the cities flooding, the Floods “History.” ​City of Sacramento
extremely vulnerable to flooding. After people rose the city A WHOLE Word Treatment​,
two seasons of severe flooding, an
ambitious project to raise the entire
STORY to prevent more flooding
downtown was proposed. A third destruction.
devastating flood made this proposal a
reality, and thousands of cubic yards of
dirt were brought in by wagon to raise
the entire city one story. The original
street level can still be seen throughout
Old Sacramento under boardwalks and
in some basements.

What was then called Sutter’s
Embarcadero was soon known as the
City of Sacramento. The city rapidly
grew into a trading center for miners
outfitting themselves for the gold fields.
Early Sacramento was a trading Early city “More...” ​Old Sacramento |
post before a city History​,
oldsacramento.com/about/history

Between the 1920’s and 1940’s the Sacramento was a relatively small Early expansion in the city “History.” ​City of Sacramento
population of the city continued to grow; town for over 65 years, until it Word Treatment​,
however, the geographical area of the
city remained the same until the end of
began expanding during WW2
World War II when the city began
annexing surrounding areas in the
county.

Adventurous ambition was truly
crystallized by the riders for the Pony
Express. A monument stands in Old
Sacramento honoring the dare-deviled
orphans who conquered the challenging
trip from St. Louis, Missouri, to its
western terminus in Sacramento
The pony express really brang
people together, not only from the
mail being delivered, but also the
community members who
volunteered to serve.
Pony Express “Sacramento History.” ​Sacramento
Gold Rush Days - Labor Day
Weekend​,
sacramentogoldrushdays.com/sac
ramento-history/.