Historical Timeline of Sacramento

Historical Timeline of Sacramento. . To 1840 First Settlers lived and worked in the Sacramento Valley for thousands of years before Europeans arrived. , Nisenan, 1840 to 1850 - Population 6,820 , War with Mexico . Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo . The Gold Rush . California Statehood , Pioneers arrived in the area in search of land and wealth far from the confines of their homes throughout the world. , John Sutter 1803-1880 Land Baron . James Marshall 1810-1885 Carpenter and Discoverer of Gold , City Founders organized and shaped Sacramento’s first businesses and government. , John Sutter, Jr. 1826-1897 City Founder . S. Clinton Hastings 1814-1893 First Supreme Court Justice . Sam Brannan 1819-1889 Merchant . Peter Burnett 1808-1895 Miller and Governor, 1850 to 1860 – Population 13,785 , Sacramento Valley Railroad, 1860 to 1870 – Population 16,282 , Pony Express . The Civil War . Transcontinental Railroad and Suez Canal Completed . Railroad Builders established corporations to invest in and construct railroads in California and across the continent. , Theodore Judah 1826-1863 Railroad Engineer . Leland Stanford 1824-1893 Merchant and Railroad Baron . Charles Crocker 1822-1888 Merchant and Railroad Baron . Mark Hopkins 1813-1878 Merchant and Railroad Baron . C.P. Huntington 1821-1900 Merchant and Railroad Baron , State Capitol houses California’s State Government, 1870 to 1880 – Population 21,420 , Nation’s Centennial . Sacramento’s First Fruit Cannery . Sacramento’s First Telephone Exchange , Philanthropists donated funds and buildings to community causes. , E.B. Crocker 1818-1875 California Supreme Court Justice . Margaret Crocker 1822-1901 Philanthropist . Jane Stanford 1828-1905 Philanthropist, 1880 to 1890 – Population 26,282 , Sacramento’s First Electric Street Cars . Hydraulic Mining Era Ends , Churches provided for the religious needs of Sacramento and strove to reform social ills in the community., 1890 to 1900 – Population 29,282 , Spanish American War , Capitalists accumulated great wealth by establishing successful businesses , William Land 1837-1911 Merchant and Hotel Owner , Educators taught the community the value of quality education and worked to better Sacramento’s schools. , Sara Jones 1847-1925 Teacher, 1900 to 1910 – Population 44,898 , Wright Brothers Flight , Reformers strove to ride turn of the century Sacramento of saloons, gambling, and child labor. , Hiram Johnson 1866-1945 Reformer, Governor and U.S. Senator, 1910 to 1920 – Population 65,908 , Panama Canal . World War I , Authors observed life in Sacramento and recounted its diverse stories. , Ernesto Galarza 1905-1984 Author, Activist and Teacher, 1920 to 1930 – Population 93,750 , The Great Depression , Community Activists advocated civil rights and fought unfair labor practices. , Mary Tsukamoto 1915-1998 Teacher and Activist . V. Aubrey Neasham 1908-1982 Teacher and Historian , ”The past is the beginning of the future.” V. Aubrey Neasham, 1930 to 1940 – Population 105,958, 1940 to 1950 – Population 137,572 , World War II, 1950 to 1960 – Population 191,567 , Korean War, 1960 to 1970 – Population 257,105 , Vietnam War . Moon Landing, 1970 to 1980 – Population 275,741 , Nation’s Bicentennial , Redevelopment Visionaries sought to revitalize Sacramento’s historic waterfront district , Frank Durkee 1892-1983 Preservation Advocate, Redevelopment Agency Commissioner . Eleanor McClatchy 1895-1980 Publisher, Sacramento Bee . Frank Fat 1904-1997 Restaurant Entrepreneur, 1980 to 1990 – Population 369,365 , Fall of the Berlin Wall