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The history of Sacramento, California, began with its founding by Samuel Brannan and John Augustus Sutter, Jr. in 1848 around an embarcadero that his father, John Sutter, Sr. constructed at the confluence of the American and Sacramento Rivers a few years prior.
1966 – From March to April, farmworkers march to Sacramento from Delano. [25] 1968 – Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society formed. [26] 1974 – Sacramento Dixieland Jubilee first held. [27] 1975 Phil Isenberg becomes mayor. September 5: Gerald Ford assassination attempt. 1977 – Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission established. 1979
In addition, the Sacramento History Museum, in the heart of Old Sacramento, focuses on the history of Sacramento from the region's pre-gold rush history through the present day. In 2021, the Museum of Science and Curiosity (MOSAC) opened in the restored historic power station building of Matsui Waterfront Park.
A 1985 article in the Sacramento Bee noted that there were then around 29,000 manhole covers in the city (with updated figures not available before press time).
No. 1: Step into this hidden Sacramento bakery where owner crafts 32,000 fortune cookies a day. ... No. 11: Sacramento’s history is underfoot. Take note of these manhole covers that dot downtown.
In 1891, the Native Sons of the Golden West, who sought to safeguard many of the landmarks of California's pioneer days, purchased and rehabilitated Sutter's Fort when the City of Sacramento sought to demolish it. Repair efforts were completed in 1893 and the fort was given by the Native Sons of the Golden West to the State of California.
Old Sacramento State Historic Park occupies around one third of the property within the Old Sacramento Historic District of Sacramento, California. The Old Sacramento Historic District is a U.S. National Historic Landmark District. The Historic District is sometimes abbreviated as Old Sacramento, or Old Sac, and since the 1960s has been ...
Rancho New Helvetia, in Spanish Rancho Nueva Helvetia, was a 48,839-acre (197.64 km 2) Mexican land grant issued in 1841 by Governor Juan Alvarado to John Sutter.It encompassed lands in present-day Sacramento County, Sutter County, and Yuba County, California.