The Pioneer Hall was built in 1868 as headquarters of the Sacramento Society of California Pioneers, which was organized February 6, 1853. It has been owned and cared for since its construction by the California Pioneer Association, descendants of . . . — — Map (db m68629) HM
Purple Heart Memorial front:
My Stone Is Red For The Blood They Shed
The Medal I Bear Is My Country's Way
To Show They Care If I Could Be Seen
By All Mankind Maybe Peace Will Come In My Lifetime
Purple Heart Memorial top: . . . — — Map (db m114107) HM WM
Display 1 Before 1848, the Sacramento River waterfront, behind you, was quiet and occupied by few people. New arrivals during the Gold Rush transformed the waterfront rapidly, turning it into a chaotic transportation hub crowded with goods . . . — — Map (db m113061) HM
In 1854 Sacramento was prospering notably in spite of the floods, fires and epidemics that had besieged her. German-born citizens and men of German ancestry decided to organize a “Turn Verein”, as was the custom in their homeland. They . . . — — Map (db m12527) HM
The Mutual Hook and Ladder Company, formed on February 5, 1850, was the first fire company in the State of California. It served with distinction until disbanded October 30, 1859.
On June 23, 1858, a grateful city donated this plot of ground . . . — — Map (db m12462) HM
The second world war found river transportation companies continuing service on the Sacramento River while under the restrictions of wartime conditions. In the 1950’s, river commerce consisted of the transportation of barges of bulk grain, . . . — — Map (db m16467) HM
John Sutter, a central figure in California's gold rush and Sacramento's early development, would hardly recognize his embarcadero today. Located just north of the present I Street bridge, Sutter's landing in 1848 was little more than a . . . — — Map (db m113064) HM
As you gaze down, you look back in time at Sacramento's original level. The building that once stood here was probably raised in the 1860s, creating this courtyard and providing access to hollow sidewalk segments. Imagine how easily flood waters . . . — — Map (db m136276) HM
During the Gold Rush Days of 1857, the Sisters of Mercy came to Sacramento to care for the children of the miners and to serve the sick and the homeless.
In those early days, the Sisters purchased land in the heart of the city to build a . . . — — Map (db m14839) HM
This sculpture commemorates the 150th anniversary of the Sisters of Mercy caring for those in need to the greater Sacramento region. Mary Baptist Russell, California Foundress of the Sisters of Mercy, is depicted here as a woman of vision, courage . . . — — Map (db m14840) HM
This is the site of the first church building associated with an African American religious congregation on the Pacific Coast. The church was the Methodist Church of Colored People of Sacramento City, formally organized in 1850. In 1851 the . . . — — Map (db m4327) HM
Sacramento’s first county courthouse, formerly located on this site, served as California’s State Capitol from January 16, 1852 to May 4, 1852 for the third session of the legislature and from March 1, 1854 to May 15, 1854 for the fifth session. . . . — — Map (db m14803) HM
On June 24, 1895 the Sisters of Mercy responded to the healthcare needs of the people of Sacramento by acquiring the Ridge Home, a small private hospital, from two local physicians. In 1896, the Sisters broke ground for the construction of a larger . . . — — Map (db m91585) HM
This complex of hoofed animal exhibits is dedicated in memory of Anthony A. “Hank” Spencer
Zoo Superintendent – 1942 – 1972
“Hank’s” dedication to the Sacramento Zoo provided numerous . . . — — Map (db m113463) HM
Established 1909, Dedicated 1913
Designated Point of Historical Interest
February 18, 19883
Calif. Dept. of Parks & Recreation
(Reg. Sac - 006)
Oldest Portugese National Church
West of New England
Plaque by Portuguese Historical & . . . — — Map (db m91856) HM
[Front of Marker]
ST.GEORGE HOTEL
Dedicated March 19, 2005
SACRAMENTO
By
James Streetsky
First Northern Bank
The Firehouse Restaurant
Rotary Club of Sacramento
Burnett & Sons Planing Mill
and Lumber Co. – Since . . . — — Map (db m14810) HM
The Native Sons and Native Daughters of the Golden West planted it on July 19, 1939. and dedicated it September 9, 1948, on the occasion of the celebration of Admission Day and the Centenary of the founding of the modern City of Sacramento. — — Map (db m11886) HM
Site of a two story brick building built for Robert H. Vance of San Francisco in 1853. One of five brick structures erected that year, it was first occupied as a store. Almost coincident with the founding of Camp Union in 1861, it was taken over . . . — — Map (db m58583) HM
In Memory of the 17 Doctors who died while caring for victims of the 1850 Cholera Epidemic in Sacramento
Dr. W. Carpenter (Age 26), Dr. Horatio Cobb (Age 30), Dr. R.S. Girard (Age 35), Dr. Pliney P. Green (Age 41), Dr. R.L. Grisard (Age . . . — — Map (db m12485) HM
Arrived in Sacramento in 1850 from Mankato, Minnesota
Leaving their brother Pharis to rest in Genoa, Nevada
Prosper & Esther settled near Verona in Sutter County to farm in 1852
Members of the Bennett Family and Friends buried here are:
Prosper . . . — — Map (db m14101) HM
“The Docks” area is significant in that California’s first railroad began here. Railroads have directly influenced the development of the southern waterfront for more than 100 years. The Sacramento Valley Rail Road, the pioneer steam . . . — — Map (db m16727) HM
Since statehood, the people of California have sought and cherished a quality of life unsurpassed in this great nation. There have been among us those who chose to serve as peace officers and when called upon unselfishly gave more than we have the . . . — — Map (db m14814) HM
The Camellia Coffee Shop was located on
this site from 1962 to 1999 and operated by
Parise "Bill” Voudouris and his wife Rosalie.
"He was a friend to man, and lived by
the side of the road” -Homer — — Map (db m152858) HM
This grove of trees as saplings, transplanted from southern battlefields was dedicated to the memory of Union Veterans of the Civil War and presented to the State of California — — Map (db m14827) WM
Sutter’s Fort, established by Capt. John A. Sutter in August 1839, marked the Western end of the Coloma Road. Opened in 1847, this road ran from the Fort to Sutter’s sawmill at Coloma. Used by James W. Marshall in January 1848 to bring the news of . . . — — Map (db m11897) HM
“The Docks” has had a remarkably varied occupational history. Gold Rush immigrants camped along the riverbank. In the following years, a limited number of individuals and families lived in the area in private residences and lodging . . . — — Map (db m16511) HM
This colonial style revival structure was built in 1900 for Chauncy H. Dunn and his family. Mr. Dunn was a prominent attorney, who represented several important clients including the William Land estate. The building was originally located on . . . — — Map (db m98062) HM
“First in Danger
and Always Ready”
This inscription, engraved on a silver trumpet presented to Engine Company No. 3 in 1853, a token of appreciation, perhaps best describes Sacramento’s gallant volunteer fire department as a . . . — — Map (db m56324) HM
The Bridge Lunch Restaurant was the last of a long line of restaurants, saloons and boardinghouses located at, or nearby, 1323 Front Street, the first brick structure in the city. George Zins, a native of Searsburg, Lorraine, started a . . . — — Map (db m16728) HM
When Sacramento bought steam pumpers the volunteers could not keep their steam? up, so they hired professional firemen. Since March 30, 1872, Sacramento paid firemen have always been the first to respond to any crisis.
New Helvetia Chapter No. 5, . . . — — Map (db m38318) HM
Sacramento City CemeteryThe GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC Memorial Plot was originally located in the New Helvetia Cemetery at the corner of 31st and J Streets, a plot donated to the Sumner Post No.3 by the owner and proprietor John Wesley Reeves. . . . — — Map (db m12411) HM
Named in honor of
Dr. Guy A. West
Founding President of
Sacramento State College
(1947 – 1966)
Under his guidance and dedicated
leadership, the university grew from
four faculty and fewer than two
hundred students to a . . . — — Map (db m19578) HM
Another distinctive era in the demographic history of the southern waterfront occurred when the construction of several interurban railroad lines along Front Street revitalized the area. In the first decade of the 20th century, several interurban . . . — — Map (db m16544) HM
At forty minutes past nine, on the evening of the 15th of February 1898, the United States Battleship Maine was ripped by a sudden and devastating explosion, demolishing the entire forward section and sending the ship to the bottom of Havana Harbor. . . . — — Map (db m12520) HM
In 1911, the Northern Electric Railway Company, along with Sacramento and Yolo counties, built the Northern Electric Bridge. The bridge carried a single railroad track with twin motor-vehicle roadways. Pedestrian walks cantilevered from the central . . . — — Map (db m16492) HM
This statue commemorates the glory of The Pony Express, which started here at 2:45 a.m. on April 4, 1860, when Sam Hamilton galloped into a blinding rainstorm on the first lap of the 1,966-mile trip to St. Joseph, Missouri. During its 18-month . . . — — Map (db m11326) HM
1860 · 1861 1960 · 1961
120 celebrated riders rode 650,000 miles with only one rider killed by Indians, one schedule not completed and one mail pouch lost. — — Map (db m11348) HM
In the early 1920’s the California Transportation Company, the leading passenger carrier on the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers, announced plans to build two modern passenger vessels for its Sacramento to San Francisco run. In 1927, the Delta . . . — — Map (db m16507) HM
In the street, at the corner of Fourth and J,
on Aug. 14, 1850, settlers were confronted
by the Mayor and the Sheriff. The fatalities
that day and the next ended
THE SQUATTERS RIOTS
[Column 1]
Hardin Bigelow, Mayor
J. W. . . . — — Map (db m14806) HM
The Tower Bridge, a vertical-lift span, was opened for traffic on December 15, 1935 and was built at a cost of $994,000. The State Department of Public Works, the City and the County of Sacramento and the Federal Government built the bridge.
It . . . — — Map (db m16489) HM
Throughout history, two categories of ships, merchants and naval combatants, have carried out the world’s seagoing activities. Those of the merchant marine, known as merchantmen, carry cargo, passengers, and perform special functions during times of . . . — — Map (db m16468) HM
This monument was erected by the men and women of the Southern Pacific Company, who, in 1930, were carrying on the work he began in 1860. He convinced four Sacramento merchants that his plan was practical and enlisted their help. Ground was broken . . . — — Map (db m11735) HM
Determined to be the "pioneer railroad engineer
of the Pacific coast,” Theodore Judah was the chief
engineer for the Sacramento Valley Railroad line
that was completed along R Street in 1856. It was
the first commercial railroad line west . . . — — Map (db m144848) HM
Courageous and inspirational San Francisco minister, stalwart defender of the Union during the Civil War, advocate of racial justice, admired educator and pioneering nature writer.
Starr King was a Unitarian preacher credited with keeping . . . — — Map (db m90267) HM
Anthony J. "Tony" Monti sold newspapers on this corner for 35 years. He lost a leg in an accident early in life and sold newspapers here day and night to support his mother and sister. All of the Governors of the State of California from 1915 to . . . — — Map (db m27236) HM
Identifying A Need
By the early 1930’s, Americans were moving away from trains and ships and turning to automobiles as their mode of transporation. As a result, traffic on roadways increased dramatically. In Sacramento, M Street (now . . . — — Map (db m16490) HM
A symbolic bond developed between river transportation and agricultural interests that was
both economic and social, and it endured well into the 20th century. The river transportation
companies maintained regular contracts with Sacramento . . . — — Map (db m144739) HM
Constructed during the early years of the Vietnam War, she was commissioned as a “Combat Supply and Auxiliary Support Ship” (AEO-1). At 793’ and 53,000 tons, she is by far the largest ship in the U.S. Fleet to be named . . . — — Map (db m72896) WM
A wooden sloop, 229 feet long and with a crew of 138, she was commissioned for blockade service during the Civil War. First, she contained Confederate ships off the coast of North Carolina and later Atlantic ports in Europe. In 1865, she . . . — — Map (db m16470) HM
Brought into service in 1914 to join the United States “Great White Fleet”, dubbed such for the sparkling white paint used on naval ships at the time, she was in service 28 years and two world wars. A 226-foot gleaming white steam . . . — — Map (db m16475) HM
This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior United States Post Office, Courthouse, & Federal Building c. 1933 — — Map (db m146396) HM
(Left Side of Base Holding Bell)
Only battleship
built on the
Pacific Coast
Launched at
Mare Island
Navy Yard
Nov. 20, 1919
Ship’s bell
dedicated and
rung for the
last time by
Governor
Earl Warren
Oct. 27, 1949
. . . — — Map (db m70035) HM WM
As part of our nation’s maritime history, USS Sacramento steamed more than one-half million miles during her proud service in the United States Navy.
She logged 64,000 miles convoying 483 ships through submarine-infested European waters during . . . — — Map (db m16483) HM
Sacramento’s first post office was located on this lot in 1849. In 1853, Henry E. Robinson bought the lot from Samuel Brannan and built this three story brick building, naming it the Jones Hotel. The Sacramento Pioneer Association first organized . . . — — Map (db m149178) HM
Sacramento’s importance during the Gold Rush was as a supply depot for outlying towns in the foothill-mining region. The City’s central location to the northern mining region, combined with reliable year-round river transportation to San Francisco, . . . — — Map (db m16496) HM
Walerga Assembly Center was established by the United States at the onset of World War II to assemble and temporarily detain, without charge or trial, 4,739 Sacramento residents solely because of their Japanese ancestry. Approximately 120,000 . . . — — Map (db m128367) HM
In 1909, Western Pacific Railroad built a freight
depot near the Sacramento waterfront and began
rail service to R Street. The rail line ran on the back
side of the buildings on the north side of R Street,
parallel to Whitney Alley. The line . . . — — Map (db m144712) HM
Burns Slough
McKinley Park has a rich and fascinating history. It began as a natural low swampy area with a flowing stream called Burns Slough. In 1868, levee construction to prevent flooding of Sacramento cut the slough off from the American . . . — — Map (db m137570) HM
This place was built in 1884 as a home for L. Williams, a flour merchant. The structure is primarily Stick style, with some Baroque and Second Empire influences which lingered into the 1880 Victorian Era.
It was moved about 40 feet west in 1907, . . . — — Map (db m145240) HM
This marker has been dedicated in memory of more than six hundred persons of Japanese ancestry reinterred here in 1956 with several thousand others, whose remains were removed from New Helvetia Cemetery, the present site of Sutter Middle . . . — — Map (db m18938) HM
Approximately four miles further up the Cosumnes River, on July 12, 1851, Jared Sheldon, a former employee of John Sutter and holder of the original Mexican land grant, Rancho Omochumnes, was confronted by a large party of miners whose claims were . . . — — Map (db m37928) HM
These millstones were brought from Mexico by water and oxcart in 1846 and were used by Jared D. Sheldon one of the earliest settlers in this valley in his grist mill near here, his Rancho Omochumne was granted him in payment for his work on . . . — — Map (db m28312) HM
Thomas Rhoades (Rhoads) and others left Iowa as an exploring group with permission of Mormon authorities. Traveled with Donner Reed Party from Missouri to Hastings Cut-off. Rhoades, wife, 14 children arrived Sacramento Valley Oct. 1846, first Mormon . . . — — Map (db m28297) HM
Charles “Chuck” Tison and his wife Betty moved to Walnut Grove in 1956 where they raised four children who all attended local schools. In 1969 the couple formed the Ti-Gas Company, a LP Gas sales & service distributor which is still a . . . — — Map (db m37402) HM
Delta Transmission Towers
The Delta area is home to four separate transmission towers which provide reception for television and radio stations serving the residents of Northern California. Three of the towers rival some of the tallest . . . — — Map (db m37390) HM
The Spanish Missionaries’ quest for mission sites led to their exploration of the river. However, no missions were ever built in this region. The first known sighting was in 1774 by Fray Juan Crespi and Pedro Fages. By 1808, Gabriel Moraga gave the . . . — — Map (db m25880) HM
Walnut Grove, Est 1850
Walnut Grove was established in 1850 by John W. Sharp and is one of the earliest settlements along the Sacramento River. Chosen because of the abundant walnut and oak forests in the area, the town quickly prospered as an . . . — — Map (db m37406) HM
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