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Author : Jesse M. Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Sketches of Old Sacramento written by Jesse M. Smith and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738531236
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (312 download)
Download or read book Old Sacramento and Downtown written by and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The discovery of gold launched a rush of humanity to California's Sierra foothills and many of those miners and minerals flowed into a settlement that grew where the American and Sacramento Rivers meet. Today downtown and Old Sacramento, a 28-acre state historic district, are thriving, graced by such treasures as the restored State Capitol Building, the art deco Tower Bridge, and scores of historic structures and attractions like the Leland Stanford Mansion and the California State Railroad Museum.
Author : Dennis Bylo
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781979685214
Total Pages : 118 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (852 download)
Download or read book Impressions of Sacramento written by Dennis Bylo and published by . This book was released on 2018-03 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Impressions of Sacramento is an art book of 50 plein air pen & ink line drawings by Dennis Bylo that starts at Tower Bridge and proceeds in a counter clockwise oval around Capitol Park and finishes at Tower Bridge. The bulk of the drawings were commissioned by Loaves & Fishes, Leroy Chatfield, Director, a privately funded Homeless Survival Center. The lack of cars or people in the drawings are because Dennis felt that homeless people, in the dead of night, also see an almost unpopulated city scape. When they are forced to be in areas all by themselves, momentarily see the same views of Sacramento as Dennis.
Author : William Burg
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1625840047
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (258 download)
Download or read book Sacramento Renaissance written by William Burg and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2013-08-27 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Touted as progress, postwar redevelopment spawned a new age in Sacramento, California. As city planners designated areas of urban blight and directed bulldozers to make way for commercial districts and pedestrian malls, the churches, jazz clubs and family homes of the West End and Japantown were upended and residents scattered. Displaced families and businesses reestablished themselves and redefined their communities around new cultural centers. Historian William Burg weaves oral histories with previously unpublished photographs to chronicle the resurgence of Sacramento's art, music and activism in the wake of redevelopment. Celebrate the individuals and organizations that defined an era: the beatniks and Black Panthers of Oak Park, Southside Park's "League of Nations," George Raya of Lavender Heights and the Royal Chicano Air Force in Alkali Flat.
Author : John Frederick Morse
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 74 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Illustrated Historical Sketches of California written by John Frederick Morse and published by . This book was released on 1854 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William Ladd Willis
Publisher : Jazzybee Verlag
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1090 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book History of Sacramento County, California written by William Ladd Willis and published by Jazzybee Verlag. This book was released on 1913 with total page 1090 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SACRAMENTO COUNTY is named after the river upon which it is situated, and the latter was named by the Spanish Mexicans, Catholics, in honor of a Christian institution. The word differs from its English correspondent only in the addition of one letter. It would have been a graceful compliment to General Sutter if his own name, or the name New Helvetia, which he had bestowed upon this locality, had been given to the city. Helvetia is the classic name of Switzerland, Sutter's native country. This book tells the story of Sacramento County on more than 400 thrilling and entertaining pages.
Author : Peter D. Schulz
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)
Download or read book Papers on Old Sacramento Archeology written by Peter D. Schulz and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Special Collections of the Sacramento Public Library
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1625846258
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (258 download)
Download or read book Sacramento's Gold Rush Saloons written by Special Collections of the Sacramento Public Library and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2014-01-28 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As early as 1839, Sacramento, California, was home to one of the most enduring symbols of the American West: the saloon. From the portability of the Stinking Tent to the Gold Rush favorite El Dorado Gambling Saloon to the venerable Sutter's Fort, Sacramento saloons offered not simply a nip of whiskey and a round of monte but also operated as polling place, museum, political hothouse, vigilante court and site of some of the nineteenth century's worst violence. From librarian James Scott and the Special Collections of the Sacramento Public Library comes a fascinating history of Sacramento saloons featuring the advent of all types of gaming, the rise of local alcohol production and the color and guile of some of the region's most compelling personalities..
Author : Faren Maree Bachelis
Publisher : Pelican Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781455610280
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (12 download)
Download or read book Pelican Guide to Sacramento and the Gold Country written by Faren Maree Bachelis and published by Pelican Publishing. This book was released on 1987-01-01 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "What a fabulous idea! This very rich part of our country has so much to offer visitors. This guide will really make their journey so much more interesting." -Joan Lunden, former Good Morning America co-host and Sacramento native "Useful and comprehensive . . . a good reference for any visitor or resident." -Phil Isenberg, former mayor of Sacramento "This excellent guide succeeds admirably . . . a wealth of information." -James E. Henley, executive director, Sacramento History Center and Museum and History Division Rich in history and nineteenth-century charm, the California capital and the surrounding Sacramento Valley offer adventures for every traveler's taste. This guidebook covers virtually every aspect of this fascinating area, including Old Sacramento, highlights of the Gold Country, and Sacramento Valley, as well as a comprehensive restaurant and hotel listing. For an unforgettable vacation in and around Sacramento, take along the Pelican Guide to Sacramento and the Gold Country.
Author : John Frederick Morse
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781528378154
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (781 download)
Download or read book Illustrated Historical Sketches of California written by John Frederick Morse and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-09-17 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Illustrated Historical Sketches of California: Including General References to Its Discovery, Early Missions, Revolutions, and Settlement by the United States, Together With a More Ample History of Sacramento Valley and City, and Biographical References to Prominent Individuals IN our efforts to collect the necessary data for writing a history of Sacramento Valley and City, we have obtained so much interesting information respecting the early M issions of California, that we have determined upon making them the subject of a few introductory chap ters to our work. To the moral and political philosopher nothing could afi'ord more agreeable contemplation than c'ursory glances at the estab lishment of these Missions. They present such a significant contrast between religious and secular colonizations, such a demonstration of the anti-progressive character of the Papal Church under Spanish rule, that they are both interesting and instructive. The object of these Missions was, doubtless, the propagation of Papal doctrines and extension of the Spanish. Crown; and, in the attainment of this end, there could have been but little difficult Whilst there was everything to encourage enterprise and conciliate attachments to the country. Everything that mildness and beauty of climate could offer; every attraction that could spring from topographical relations; from rich and incomparable valleys of farming land; from luxurious verdure and gorgeous flowers; from exhaustless streams of soft and delicious wa ter, there was an infinite variety of interests presented to the exploring gaze of those who commenced the establishment of these Missions. All that the most favorable combinations of natural facilities could offer as an inducement tosettle, Open and develope the country, was found by the early Missionaries of California. They had to meet none, or but'very few, mrnonvcrion. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Steven M. Avella
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439630585
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (396 download)
Download or read book Sacramento written by Steven M. Avella and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2003-09-10 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born of a country's collective desire for riches, Sacramento was resolute in its survival while other Gold Rush towns faded into history. It battled catastrophic fires, floods, and epidemics to become the original western hub and laid claim to the capital of a state that would one day have the world's fifth largest economy. The community's flourishing growth is not just a product of its economic viability, but a direct result of the cultural vibrance and fortitude of a diverse populace that remains the backbone of our country's most dynamic state.
Author : Steven Avella
Publisher : University of Nevada Press
ISBN 13 : 0874177669
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (741 download)
Download or read book Sacramento and the Catholic Church written by Steven Avella and published by University of Nevada Press. This book was released on 2008-08-22 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work examines the interplay between the city of Sacramento and the Catholic Church since the 1850s. Avella uses Sacramento as a case study of the role of religious denominations in the development of the American West. In Sacramento, as in other western urban areas, churches brought civility and various cultural amenities, and they helped to create an atmosphere of stability so important to creating a viable urban community. At the same time, churches often had to shape themselves to the secularizing tendencies of western cities while trying to remain faithful to their core values and practices. Besides the numerous institutions that the Church sponsored, it brought together a wide spectrum of the city’s diverse ethnic populations and offered them several routes to assimilation. Catholic Sacramentans have always played an active role in government and in the city’s economy, and Catholic institutions provided a matrix for the creation of new communities as the city spread into neighboring suburbs. At the same time, the Church was forced to adapt itself to the needs and demands of its various ethnic constituents, particularly the flood of Spanish-speaking newcomers in the late twentieth century.
Author : Jeffrey Ruda
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Art of Drawing written by Jeffrey Ruda and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Christopher J. Castaneda
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN 13 : 0822979187
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (229 download)
Download or read book River City and Valley Life written by Christopher J. Castaneda and published by University of Pittsburgh Press. This book was released on 2013-12-09 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Often referred to as “the Big Tomato,” Sacramento is a city whose makeup is significantly more complex than its agriculture-based sobriquet implies. In River City and Valley Life, seventeen contributors reveal the major transformations to the natural and built environment that have shaped Sacramento and its suburbs, residents, politics, and economics throughout its history. The site that would become Sacramento was settled in 1839, when Johann Augustus Sutter attempted to convert his Mexican land grant into New Helvetia (or “New Switzerland”). It was at Sutter’s sawmill fifty miles to the east that gold was first discovered, leading to the California Gold Rush of 1849. Nearly overnight, Sacramento became a boomtown, and cityhood followed in 1850. Ideally situated at the confluence of the American and Sacramento Rivers, the city was connected by waterway to San Francisco and the surrounding region. Combined with the area’s warm and sunny climate, the rivers provided the necessary water supply for agriculture to flourish. The devastation wrought by floods and cholera, however, took a huge toll on early populations and led to the construction of an extensive levee system that raised the downtown street level to combat flooding. Great fortune came when local entrepreneurs built the Central Pacific Railroad, and in 1869 it connected with the Union Pacific Railroad to form the first transcontinental passage. Sacramento soon became an industrial hub and major food-processing center. By 1879, it was named the state capital and seat of government. In the twentieth century, the Sacramento area benefitted from the federal government’s major investment in the construction and operation of three military bases and other regional public works projects. Rapid suburbanization followed along with the building of highways, bridges, schools, parks, hydroelectric dams, and the Rancho Seco nuclear power plant, which activists would later shut down. Today, several tribal gaming resorts attract patrons to the area, while “Old Sacramento” revitalizes the original downtown as it celebrates Sacramento’s pioneering past. This environmental history of Sacramento provides a compelling case study of urban and suburban development in California and the American West. As the contributors show, Sacramento has seen its landscape both ravaged and reborn. As blighted areas, rail yards, and riverfronts have been reclaimed, and parks and green spaces created and expanded, Sacramento’s identity continues to evolve. As it moves beyond its Gold Rush, Transcontinental Railroad, and government-town heritage, Sacramento remains a city and region deeply rooted in its natural environment.
Author : Martin Green
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1462007147
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (62 download)
Download or read book People, Places and Events written by Martin Green and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2011-04-08 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Martin Green is a retiree/free-lance writer living in Roseville, California. In 1991, the year after he retired, he started writing articles for a weekly alternative newspaper in Sacramento, Suttertown News.. In the same year, he began free-lancing for the Neighbors section of the Sacramento Bee, contributing over 100 articles until Neighbors was discontinued in 2002.. Since 2000, Hes been writing for a monthly newspaper, the Sun Senior News, which goes to over 10,000 households in two retirement communities, Sun City Roseville (where he lives) and Sun City Lincoln Hills. He currently does two monthly features, Observations and Favorite Restaurants. This book is a collection of all, or almost all, of Martins journalistic pieces. It starts with his first story for Suttertown News, about how a water district was coping with a then years-long drought, and ends with a piece he wrote about his father for the Sun Senior News. The stories include profi les of people such as David Freeman, then head of SMUD; two notable writers in Davis, Kim Stanley Robinson and Karen Joy Fowler; a number of artists, musicians and other writers; many active senior citizens, and survivors of Pearl Harbor. They also cover places such as art galleries, restaurants, museums, coffee houses and swim and tennis clubs, and events such as the Elk Grove Strauss Festival, the Folsom rodeo and the first Saturday Night Art Walk. In addition to his journalism, Martin has had over 200 short stories published in online magazines and has so far self-published three collections of these stories (2006, 2007 and 2008) as well as a longer work, One Year in Retirement (2009) and a collection of his Observations (2010). He has been married to Beverly (a water-color artist) for 46 years, has three sons (David, Michael and Christopher), three grandsons (Mason, Morgan and Logan), one granddaughter (Stephanie) and two cats (Bun-Bun and Shandyman).
Author : Albert Sidney Bolles
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 990 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Industrial History of the United States written by Albert Sidney Bolles and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 990 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Thomas DaCosta Kaufmann
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780691040820
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (48 download)
Download or read book Central European Drawings, 1680-1800 written by Thomas DaCosta Kaufmann and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Central Europe occupies a prominent place in many realms of eighteenth-century culture. This volume is the catalogue of an exhibition of drawings, organized in 1989 by The Art Museum, Princeton University, which presents some of the little-known accomplishments of artists from the region of present-day East and West Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and parts of Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Hungary. Providing the first available survey of drawings of the period in English, the illustrated introduction to the catalogue considers the works in historical and artistic context. The book includes important drawings by artists such as Cosmas Damian Asam, Egid Quirin Asam, Matthus Gnther, and Adrian Zingg. Published for the first time are unique drawings by such important sculptors as Georg Raphael Donner and Franz Xaver Messerschmidt. The fully illustrated catalogue contains 105 entries, many of which deal with major issues of art of the time and treat the drawings exhibited in relation to works elsewhere. Biographies are presented for all the artists exhibited.
