Download or read book Old Sacramento and Downtown written by and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The discovery of gold launched a rush of humanity to California's Sierra foothills and many of those miners and minerals flowed into a settlement that grew where the American and Sacramento Rivers meet. Today downtown and Old Sacramento, a 28-acre state historic district, are thriving, graced by such treasures as the restored State Capitol Building, the art deco Tower Bridge, and scores of historic structures and attractions like the Leland Stanford Mansion and the California State Railroad Museum.
Download or read book The Bottles of Old Sacramento written by and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Baffle Marks and Pontil Scars A Reader on Historic Bottle Identification written by Peter D. Schulz and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-03-04 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Historic Photos of Sacramento written by James Scott and published by Turner. This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Gold Rush to the State Capitol, Sutter's Fort to the Big Four Building, Historic Photos of Sacramento is a photographic history collected from the areas top archives. With around 200 photographs, many of which have never been published, this beautiful coffee table book shows the historical growth from the mid 1800's to the late 1900's of ?Sactown? in stunning black and white photography. The book follows life, government, events and people important to Sacramento and the building of this unique city. Spanning over two centuries and two hundred photographs, this is a must have for any long-time resident or history lover of Sacramento!
Download or read book Sacramento s Gold Rush Saloons written by Special Collections of the Sacramento Public Library and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2014-01-28 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As early as 1839, Sacramento, California, was home to one of the most enduring symbols of the American West: the saloon. From the portability of the Stinking Tent to the Gold Rush favorite El Dorado Gambling Saloon to the venerable Sutter's Fort, Sacramento saloons offered not simply a nip of whiskey and a round of monte but also operated as polling place, museum, political hothouse, vigilante court and site of some of the nineteenth century's worst violence. From librarian James Scott and the Special Collections of the Sacramento Public Library comes a fascinating history of Sacramento saloons featuring the advent of all types of gaming, the rise of local alcohol production and the color and guile of some of the region's most compelling personalities..
Download or read book Lost Laborers in Colonial California written by Stephen W. Silliman and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2008-10-01 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Native Americans who populated the various ranchos of Mexican California as laborers are people frequently lost to history. The "rancho period" was a critical time for California Indians, as many were drawn into labor pools for the flourishing ranchos following the 1834 dismantlement of the mission system, but they are practically absent from the documentary record and from popular histories. This study focuses on Rancho Petaluma north of San Francisco Bay, a large livestock, agricultural, and manufacturing operation on which several hundredÑperhaps as many as two thousandÑNative Americans worked as field hands, cowboys, artisans, cooks, and servants. One of the largest ranchos in the region, it was owned from 1834 to 1857 by Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo, one of the most prominent political figures of Mexican California. While historians have studied Vallejo, few have considered the Native Americans he controlled, so we know little of what their lives were like or how they adjusted to the colonial labor regime. Because VallejoÕs Petaluma Adobe is now a state historic park and one of the most well-protected rancho sites in California, this site offers unparalleled opportunities to investigate nineteenth-century rancho life via archaeology. Using the Vallejo rancho as a case study, Stephen Silliman examines this California rancho with a particular eye toward Native American participation. Through the archaeological recordÑtools and implements, containers, beads, bone and shell artifacts, food remainsÑhe reconstructs the daily practices of Native peoples at Rancho Petaluma and the labor relations that structured indigenous participation in and experience of rancho life. This research enables him to expose the multi-ethnic nature of colonialism, counterbalancing popular misconceptions of Native Americans as either non-participants in the ranchos or passive workers with little to contribute to history. Lost Laborers in Colonial California draws on archaeological data, material studies, and archival research, and meshes them with theoretical issues of labor, gender, and social practice to examine not only how colonial worlds controlled indigenous peoples and practices but also how Native Americans lived through and often resisted those impositions. The book fills a gap in the regional archaeological and historical literature as it makes a unique contribution to colonial and contact-period studies in the Spanish/Mexican borderlands and beyond.
Download or read book New Life for Archaeological Collections written by Rebecca Allen and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2019-05-01 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New Life for Archaeological Collections explores solutions to what archaeologists are calling the "curation crisis," that is, too much stuff with too little research, analysis, and public interpretation. This volume demonstrates how archaeologists are taking both large and small steps toward not only solving the dilemma of storage but recognizing the value of these collections through inventorying and cataloging, curation, rehousing, artifact conservation, volunteer and student efforts, and public exhibits. Essays in this volume highlight new questions and innovative uses for existing archaeological collections. Rebecca Allen and Ben Ford advance ways to make the evaluation and documentation of these collections more accessible to those inside and outside of the scholarly discipline of archaeology. Contributors to New Life for Archaeological Collections introduce readers to their research while opening new perspectives for scientists and students alike to explore the world of archaeology. These essays illuminate new connections between cultural studies and the general availability of archaeological research and information. Drawing from the experience of university professors, government agency professionals, and cultural resource managers, this volume represents a unique commentary on education, research, and the archaeological community.
Download or read book Wicked Sacramento written by William Burg and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2019 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the early 1900s, Sacramento became a battleground in a statewide struggle. On one side were Progressive political reformers and suffragettes. Opposing them were bars, dance halls, brothels and powerful business interests. Caught in the middle was the city's West End, a place where Grant "Skewball" Cross hosted jazz dances that often attracted police attention and Charmion performed her infamous trapeze striptease act before becoming a movie star. It was home to the "Queen of the Sacramento Tenderloin," Cherry de Saint Maurice, who met her untimely end at the peak of her success, and Ancil Hoffman, who ingeniously got around the city's dancing laws by renting riverboats for his soirées. Historian William Burg shares the long-hidden stories of criminals and crusaders from Sacramento's past.
Download or read book An Illustrated History of Sacramento County California written by Winfield J. Davis and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 912 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book 1976 Archeological Investigations Trash Dump Excavations Area Surveys and Monitoring of Fort Construction and Landscaping written by Douglas C. Comer and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Inside Guide to Sacramento written by Dan Flynn and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Northwest Anthropological Research Notes written by Roderick Sprague and published by Northwest Anthropology. This book was released on with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Annotated Bibliography of Overseas Chinese History and Archaeology - Dixie E. Ehrenreich, Priscilla Wegars, Jonathan Horn, and Karen E. Smith Abstracts of Papers Presented at the 37th Annual Northwest Anthropological Conference, 21-23 March 1984, Spokane, Washington Terrestrial Oriented Sites in a Marine Environment Along the Southern Oregon Coast - Richard E. Ross A Check List of Columbia Basin Project Papers - Roderick Sprague
Download or read book Journal written by California. Legislature and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book 60 Hikes Within 60 Miles Sacramento written by Jordan Summers and published by Menasha Ridge Press. This book was released on 2012-04-10 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Carefully researched on foot, hiking enthusiast Jordan Summers introduces area residents and visitors to an array of the best day hikes from casual riverside nature hikes to rugged foothill treks within roughly an hour's drive of Sacramento. Filled with detailed descriptions of firsthand trail notes, this newly updated edition of 60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Sacramento helps hikers discover their choices with concise at-a-glance information highlighting details such as location, access, directions, distances, scenery, and preparation details that help hikers get the most from each outing. Precise maps, descriptive text, photos, and trailhead coordinates guide you on your way quickly and keep you on route reliably. Discover the varied geology, the cultural history, and the natural beauty of the foothills, mother lode, and delta regions in 60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Sacramento.
Download or read book Decisions and Orders of the National Labor Relations Board written by United States. National Labor Relations Board and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 1462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Journal of the Assembly During the Session of the Legislature of the State of California written by California. Legislature. Assembly and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 2372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Transactions written by California State Agricultural Society and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: