Growing children with no available outlet for further education was incentive enough for sixteen elementary school districts to establish California’s first union high school in Elk Grove. The initial building was housed in what is now Old Town...
Shown in circa 1900 is the bustle of the Sacramento riverfront and loading of cargo upon the steamer Modoc. The Modoc, built to hold up to 400 tons in freight, made regular runs between Sacramento and San Francisco, with its maiden trip coming in...
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...
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...
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...
1932 aerial views of downtown Sacramento with the Southern Pacific Steamer Terminal in the foreground. Two paddle-wheel boats are tied up to that terminal and two more, including a passenger vessel, are docked at a terminal just south of the...
Taken in March 1934, this photograph shows the Shepard Lines' "Harpoon," moored along the Sacramento River. The ship was filled with a cargo of finished lumber, bound for Asia. Piloted by the "Delta Queen" steamer's Captain William Cooley, the...
At rest near the Southern Pacific Steamer Terminal, the 10-member Sacramento Junior College team sits with oars upraised in a large sweep boat. There are two more crewmen, one sitting in the stern facing the rowers and a coxswain in the bow...
Shown in circa 1890 is eastern bank of the Sacramento River, near the Southern Pacific Railroad Steamer freight depots number six and seven, and fruit storage facilities. Notice the absence of the M Street Bridge downriver, not built until 1909.
The riverboat "Fort Sutter" is the subject of this circa 1920 postcard. The 1,200 ton vessel was built in 1912 for California Transportation Company as a duplicate of her sister ship, Capital City. Its interior was adorned with mahogany, birch,...
This circa 1920 postcard shows the riverboat Fort Sutter at rest on the Sacramento River. Launched in 1912, the vessel served ably through the interwar period. However, with the advent of World War II, it was placed into service for the United...
Shown in circa 1910 is the sternwheeler "Capital City," making its way along the Sacramento River. On any evening of the week, save Sundays, one could hop aboard the "Capital City," or its companion "Fort Sutter," and make an overnight trip to...
This 1910 postcard shows the riverboat "Navajo" turning about near the M Street Bridge. Built in 1909/1910 by the Southern Pacific Railroad in West Oakland, the "Navajo," in 1910, smashed a speed record, going from Sacramento to Rio Vista in three...
This 1900 postcard shows a steamer and barge making their way along a portion of the Sacramento River. Much of the commerce along the river, at this time, was controlled by the California Transportation Company which, merged with the Sacramento...
This circa 1900 postcard shows a Sacramento City welcoming party, hailing down the steamer Edward Everett. Leaving Boston in January 1849, arrived on the Sacramento River in Summer 1849, its party of 170 intent of three things: the discovery of...
This circa 1905 postcard shows a steamboat race coming off in a tightly packed Sacramento River. Steamer racing had been conducted on the river, and around Sacramento, going back to the 1850s, one of the first taking place in November 1856 between...
Shown in circa 1900, a tug and barge make their way along the Sacramento River. The Sacramento to San Francisco corridor was alive with traffic at the turn of the century. Between 1880 and 1903, shipments between Sacramento and San Francisco...
Blazing its way through the Sacramento River in circa 1910 is the sternwheeler "Capital City." It, along with its companion "Fort Sutter," was the predecessor to the legendary "Delta King" and "Delta Queen." Architectural features would change...
As shown in this postcard, the Tower Bridge is elevated to make way for a southbound riverboat. In order to attain its full height, the bridge's roadway much be lifted 100 feet, travelling at a speed of about one foot per second. As of December...
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...
