This circa 1920 postcard provides a rendering, as seen from the south, of Sutter's Fort at Twenty-Seventh and L streets. Perhaps the compound's most defining days came during the California Gold Rush of 1848 to 1855 when, with 10 to 12 stores in...
Horse and carriage occupy a dirt-covered stretch of Second Street in this 2000 postcard, commemorating Gold Rush Days. Started in 1998, event organizers bring in an average of 200 tons of dirt to add authenticity of the celebration that aims to...
This circa 1895 postcard shows a ferry crossing along the Sacramento River. Long a staple of pioneer transportation throughout Sacramento County -- the first recorded Delta operation being in 1848 -- the State of California slowly replaced ferries...
Shown in 1915 is Sutter's Fort, as viewed from the southeast. Cattle graze just outside the fort's northern wall. The card's inset shows the fort's central building. The annotation - "Sutter's Fort near Sacramento, Where Gold was First...
This 1939 postcard shows one of Captain John Sutter's offices, this one connected with his bedroom and kitchen, long the fort's western wall. Many believe this to be the very location where James W. Marshall, on the evening of January 28, 1848,...
This 1915 postcard shows a newly-restored Sutter's Fort, as seen from the northeast. The forts adobe-style walls were rebuilt with new brick at a height of 16 feet. The exact layout and angle of the fort's walls was determined by finding...
Sacramento High School is located at 2315 Thirty-Fourth Street in Sacramento, California. Founded just one week after San Francisco’s Lowell High School opened its doors in mid-August 1856, “Sac High” has matured into the second oldest high...
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