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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM776_old-folsom-powerhouse_Sacramento-CA.html
The first distribution point of electricity for a major city, Station A was constructed in 1894. Built by the Sacramento Electric Power and Light Company to receive power generated from Folsom Powerhouse. The first transmission of electricity was …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM773_general-john-a-sutter_Sacramento-CA.html
Swiss ImmigrantFounder of New HelvetiaThe beginning of SacramentoBuilder of Sutter's FortA man of vision and compassionwho deserves the respectand gratitudeof Americans and Swiss
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM76I_ashland-station_Folsom-CA.html
In 1973, the oldest depot in the West moved to a new home. Ashland Station, reportedly the oldest railroad depot west of the Mississippi, was transported across Rainbow Bridge to its present location at the Folsom Interpretive Area next to the Fol…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6YN_camp-union-sutterville_Sacramento-CA.html
The 5th Infantry Regiment, California Volunteers, was organized here on 8 October, 1861 and trained by Brevet Brigadier General George W. Bowie for duty in Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas against the Confederate forces. Since this was the year of t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6YL_prairie-city_Folsom-CA.html
Site of Prairie City, mining town and center of trade in California Gold Rush days. In July, 1853, Prairie City reached the height of its prosperity, and included fifteen stores and ten boarding houses and hotels. Two stage lines operated daily. A…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6XI_mark-hopkins_Sacramento-CA.html
Some 350 tons of Rocky Mountain Red Granite form the sarchophas that entombs the remains this Forty-Niner who ultimately became one of the "Big Four" in railroad history and Treasurer of the Central Pacific Railroad Company. This monstrous vault t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6XF_margaret-rhodes-crocker_Sacramento-CA.html
The donation of her late husband's art collection to the city in 1885 gave Sacramento the first and finest art gallery west of the Mississippi. Other philanthropic gestures during her lifetime, which included generous support of the Protestant Orp…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6XC_general-george-wright_Sacramento-CA.html
A graduate of West Point, his gallantry on the fields of battle earned him commendations; from the Seminole War in Florida, to the Mexican War, to the Indian Campaign in the Pacific Northwest. His unwavering loyalty to the Union would prompt Presi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6RP_captain-john-a-sutters-landing_Sacramento-CA.html
[Main Marker]:Captain John A. Sutter, after coming up the Sacramento River from Yerba Buena in August 1839, landed approximately two hundred feet north of here, at what was then the south bank of the American River. A short time thereafter he move…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6RO_elitha-cumi-donner-wilder_Elk-Grove-CA.html
This survivor of the ill-fated Donner Party was the daughter of George and Mary Blue Donner. Born near Springfield, Illinois, in 1832. She arrived in California in December 1846 with her sister, Leanna Charity Donner, and was rescued by the first …