Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Rivers and Harbors
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Category : Sacramento River (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 20
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Sacramento River, Calif
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Rivers and Harbors
Publisher:
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Category : Sacramento River (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 20
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Publisher:
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Category : Sacramento River (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 20
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The Sacramento
Author: Julian Dana
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Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 294
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Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 294
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Sacramento River, Calif. Hearings ... on the Improvement of the Sacramento River Deep Water Channel, California
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Rivers and Harbors
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Languages : en
Pages : 98
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Languages : en
Pages : 98
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Rivers of America
Author: Julian Dana
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ISBN: 9780848819682
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Languages : en
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ISBN: 9780848819682
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Languages : en
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River City and Valley Life
Author: Christopher J. Castaneda
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN: 0822979187
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
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.
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN: 0822979187
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
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.
Water-quality Assessment of the Sacramento River Basin, California
Author: Joseph L. Domagalski
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Category : Sacramento River Watershed (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 74
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Category : Sacramento River Watershed (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 74
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Sediment Transport in the Western Tributaries of the Sacramento River, California
Author: Benjamin L. Jones
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Category : Rivers
Languages : en
Pages : 36
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Category : Rivers
Languages : en
Pages : 36
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SACRAMENTO RIVER DEEP WATER SHIP; CHANNEL, CALIFORNIA.
Author: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Sacramento District
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Languages : en
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Languages : en
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Report on the Condition of the Sacramento River During the High Water of January, 1896
Author: John Randolph Price
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Category : Sacramento River (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 36
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Category : Sacramento River (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 36
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Report of the Board of Commissioners of the Sacramento River Drainage District to the Governor of California
Author: California. Board of Commissioners of the Sacramento River Drainage District
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Category : Floods
Languages : en
Pages : 46
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Publisher:
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Category : Floods
Languages : en
Pages : 46
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