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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMA8G_salmon-cannery_West-Sacramento-CA.html
This is the historic site of the first salmon cannery established on the Pacific Coast. Begun in 1864 by William and George Hume and Andrew Hapgood on a barge moored to the bank, the cannery processed salmon harvested along the rivers - with gill …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMA8F_sacramento-skyline_West-Sacramento-CA.html
Just across the river and county line from West Sacramento is the City of Sacramento, seen here in a 1920s photograph looking east from 4th Street down J Street. California's capital city, which is also the seat of Sacramento County, has grown fro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMA8C_flood-control_West-Sacramento-CA.html
On January 15, 1850, the fledging City of Sacramento, consisting mostly of tents and simple wooden buildings, stood in 6 feet of water. Two weeks later, the community pledged $200,000 to levee construction. But before the levee system could be com…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMA87_the-rivers-flow_West-Sacramento-CA.html
Prior to European settlement in the mid-1800s, river flows in the valley changed with the seasons: spring torrents followed by low water during the summer. Construction of dams and other flood control measures during the mid-to late 1950s tamed th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMA85_hydraulic-mining_West-Sacramento-CA.html
Hydraulic gold mining was introduced in the 1850's. Men with hoses blasted hillsides with powerful jets of water, which reduced the hills to mounds of gravel 20 times faster than with pick and shovel. Massive quantities of gravel and silt from hyd…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMA83_tower-bridge_West-Sacramento-CA.html
Sacramento's graceful Tower Bridge has spanned the river since 1936. It is the only historically significant vertical-lift bridge in California and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. Lights added in 1986 in honor of it…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMA80_pony-express-bridge_West-Sacramento-CA.html
[Front of Marker:]Dedicated April 23, 2000WEST SACRAMENTObyJames StreteskyFirst Northern BankDaniel F. Ramos FamilyFrank C. Ramos FamilyDr. & Mrs. James O. Farley West Sacramento Land CompanyWest Sacramento Chamber of CommercePony Express Trail As…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMA7Z_veterans-plaza_West-Sacramento-CA.html
[First Marker]SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR 1898The Spanish-American War was a turning point in American history. It marked the first time that we sent troops overseas to defend freedom. Whether at San Juan Hill or Manila Bay, these founders of the VFW dis…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7KZ_main-and-second-street-1920s_Woodland-CA.html
Artist: Paul Guyer. 2005Developed by the Woodland Art CenterMade Possible by a Grant from theWoodland Stroll Through History
This is the site of the Farmers & Merchants' Bank/Masonic Lodge (1894 - 1970)
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5QQ_lincoln-highway-marker_Davis-CA.html
One of the markers erected by the California Automobile Association in the 1920s to designate the California portion of the Lincoln Highway from New York City to San Francisco. The Highway followed US 40 from Sacramento through Davis via Olive Dr.…