Sacramento, CA
The Capitol of California
The City of Sacramento is in Sacramento County, CA, USA
The bridge a
right goes over the Sacramento River as you enter the downtown area from the
west.
The city is located on the junction of two rivers, the Sacramento River and the American River. Water sports abound on the rivers in the area. The original form of travel from San Francisco, 90 miles to the southwest, to Sacramento was by riverboat. There are over 1000 miles of waterways around Sacramento and the river delta.
The beginning of the city happened in 1839 when the Mexican Governor awarded a 48,000 acre land grant to Johann Augustus Sutter and he settled where the Sacramento and American Rivers joined. When gold was discovered at Sutter’s Mill, which he had built 30 miles east of the settlement, the massive influx of people was the beginning of today’s modern city.
Sacramento is the Capital of the State of California and has been
since 1854, only four years after California was admitted to the Union.
The Capital lies in the middle of
the city. Folsom Boulevard is lined
with trees as it approaches the capital grounds from the west.
The population of the City of Sacramento is around 400,000 and there are around 1.8 million people in the greater Sacramento metropolitan area.
Tourist Facilities that we recommend in the Sacramento Area
The Sacramento Metro Chamber of
Commerce has a web site at: http://www.metrochamber.org/
The Sacramento Convention &
Visitors Bureau has a web site at: http://www.sacramentocvb.org/
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