Sacramento, California, USA
1895 - Sacramento City

Sacramento City, a port of entry and important commercial town, the capital of California and of Sacramento co, is situated on the left bank of Sacramento River at the mouth of American River, in the midst of a level and fertile country, 120 miles by water N.E. of San Francisco, which is about 75 miles distant in a direct line. Mean temperature: 60° Fahr. Climate dry and genial. Lat. 18° 34' N., Lon. 121° 26' W. It is regularly laid out, the street nearest the river being called Front street, the next Second and so on; these are crossed by others at right angles, distinguished by the letters of the alphabet. The direction of the latter is E. and W., The principal places of businesses are near the Sacramento River, between First and Sixth streets and between HI and L streets. The houses and and stores in this part of the city are mostly built of brick. In other parts the dwellings are generally adorned with fine gardens. The city is lighted with gas. It is the second city in the state in respect to population and trade. As a centre of commerce, Sacramento City possesses great advantages. It is at the head of navigation for largest steamboats and is accessible for steamers and sailing-vessels at all seasons of the year; while not only the Sacramento River itself, but its important affluent the Feather River, is navigable for small steamboats far above, into the interior of the country. These advantages have rendered this town the principal entrepôt for supplying with provision the great mining-region of the north. It has also an extensive trade with the great central valley of the state, the inhabitants of which are mostly employed in agriculture. The principal buildings are the state capitol, a beautiful structure, built in a park of 50 acres, at a cost of $2,500,000, an edifice for the governor's residence, a masonic temple, an agricultural hall, Turner Hall, and an odd-Fellows' Hall. Sacramento City contains 14 churches, a high school, a female college, a normal school, a Catholic college, the state library, another Public library, a hospital, 2 orphan asylums, a national bank, and several savings-bank. Two or three daily newspapers are published here...

Founded in 1849. Pop. in 1860, 13,785; in 1870, 16,283; in 1880, 21,420; in 1890, 26,386.

Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ... Joseph Thomas January 1, 1895 J.B. Lippincott

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