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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMB2F_1854-city-hall-and-waterworks_Sacramento-CA.html
The original building was completed in the spring of 1854 at a cost of $120,000. It housed the City Waterworks, its Superintendent, and Tapper, and the City offices for Mayor, Council, Secretary, Marshall, Police, Collector, Assessor, Surveyor, an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMB28_central-pacifics-other-big-four_Sacramento-CA.html
When the task of building the C.P.R.R. line over the Sierra provided too much for the Irish, Chinese laborers from Kwantung took over. Called Tze Yap or Four Districts Men, their hard work and perseverance earned them the nickname of "Cholly Clock…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMB04_walerga-assembly-center_Sacramento-CA.html
Walerga Assembly Center was established by the United States at the onset of World War II to assemble and temporarily detain, without charge or trial, 4,739 Sacramento residents solely because of their Japanese ancestry. Approximately 120,000 pers…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAX1_the-first-brick-building-in-sacramento_Sacramento-CA.html
The Bridge Lunch Restaurant was the last of a long line of restaurants, saloons and boardinghouses located at, or nearby, 1323 Front Street, the first brick structure in the city. George Zins, a native of Searsburg, Lorraine, started a brick-makin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAX0_the-birth-place-of-the-railroads_Sacramento-CA.html
"The Docks" area is significant in that California's first railroad began here. Railroads have directly influenced the development of the southern waterfront for more than 100 years. The Sacramento Valley Rail Road, the pioneer steam line in Calif…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMASJ_the-interurban-railroad-lines_Sacramento-CA.html
Another distinctive era in the demographic history of the southern waterfront occurred when the construction of several interurban railroad lines along Front Street revitalized the area. In the first decade of the 20th century, several interurban …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAS0_historic-street-lights_Sacramento-CA.html
Historic Street LightsRestored bySACRAMENTOMUNICPALUTILITYDISTRICTPersonnel andTraffic Signals &Street Lighting Employeesof theCity of SacramentoDepartment of Public WorksInstalled byAllen L. Bender, Inc.General ContractorsGeorge Foss CompanyElect…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMARQ_the-docks_Sacramento-CA.html
"The Docks" has had a remarkably varied occupational history. Gold Rush immigrants camped along the riverbank. In the following years, a limited number of individuals and families lived in the area in private residences and lodging houses. From th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMARN_independent-boat-operations-of-the-1850s_Sacramento-CA.html
The Sacramento Wood Company's steamer wood freight shed, between N and O streets in the Front Street right-of-way, remained at this location for approximately 30 years. The Sacramento Wood Company could trace his roots from an earlier enterprise t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMARM_the-river-lines-fleet_Sacramento-CA.html
In the early 1920's the California Transportation Company, the leading passenger carrier on the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers, announced plans to build two modern passenger vessels for its Sacramento to San Francisco run. In 1927, the Delta Ki…