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William Land Park, frequently referred to as simply "Land Park" is a major city park in Sacramento, California. [1] The park is located between Interstate 5 and State Route 160 . William Land was a pioneer who built the Western Hotel at the NE corner of 2nd and K St in 1875 ( California Historical Landmark #601).
Land Park is a neighborhood in the city of Sacramento. Land Park consists of mainly single-family dwellings in the area between Interstate 5 to the west, Broadway to the north, Sutterville Road to the south and Freeport Blvd to the east. William Land Park is its namesake, a major city park south of Highway 50 and east of Interstate 5 in South ...
William Land was the mayor of Sacramento from 1898 to 1899. A wealthy man in Sacramento, and while mayor, he gave the city an $80,000 interest-free loan, rather than having the city pay high interest rates on city bonds. William Land died in 1911, at age 74. After his death, his will and testament gave away $450,000.
The Sacramento Zoo is a zoo located in William Land Park in Sacramento, California. It opened on June 2, 1927, with 40 animals. At that time, it occupied 4.2 acres (1.7 ha), which remained the case until the early 1960s when the zoo expanded to its current 14.3 acres (5.8 ha). As of December 2012, the zoo had just over 500 animals on site.
William Land may refer to: William Land (athlete), English track and field athlete; William Jesse Goad Land, American botanist, inventor, and professor; Bill Land, American Negro league outfielder; William Land (philanthropist), also mayor of Sacramento 1898 to 1899.
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William, Will, Bill, or Billy Parks may refer to: William Parks (publisher) , (1699–1750) eighteenth century colonial America printer and publisher William Parks (paleontologist) (1868–1936), Canadian geologist and paleontologist
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