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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7BY_b-f-hastings-bank-building_Sacramento-CA.html
This structure, erected in 1852-53, was occupied during the 1850's by the B.F. Hastings Bank, Wells Fargo and Co., Various state officials, Sacramento Valley Railroad, and the Alta Telegraph Co. during April 1860-May 1861. The Alta Telegraph Co. a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7AY_sacramento-city-cemetery_Sacramento-CA.html
Resting place of California Pioneers. The cemetery was established in 1850. Many of the victims of the Cholera Epidemic of that year are buried here. Included among the graves of illustrious Californians are those of Governors John Bigler, Newton …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7AX_the-pony-express_Sacramento-CA.html
1861 ** 1961120 celebrated riders rode 650,000 miles with only one rider killed by Indians, one schedule not completed and one mail pouch lost.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7AR_californias-historic-capitol_Sacramento-CA.html
The historic Capitol was designed by architects M.F. Butler and Reuben Clark. Its style is an adaption of Roman Corinthian architecture. Work began in 1860 and by late 1869 the Capitol was partly occupied. In 1874, construction ended at a cost of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7AG_the-pony-express_Sacramento-CA.html
This statue commemorates the glory of The Pony Express, which started here at 2:46a.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 exist…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM77C_new-england-seed-store_Sacramento-CA.html
On this site stood the store of James L. L. Warren, an influential center of agriculture during the Gold Rush. Here at the New England Seed Store, the camellia was first introduced into California in February, 1852CamelliaOfficial Flower of the Ci…
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/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/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…
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