The history of Sacramento, California, began with its founding by Samuel Brannan and John Augustus Sutter, Jr. in 1848 around an embarcadero that his father, John Sutter, Sr. constructed at the conflu
A depiction of Sutter's Fort, as it had appeared in the 1840s.
Birds-eye view of Sacramento, ca. 1857
California State Capitol; one of few state capitols to fly POW flag
Theodore Judah plaque in Old Sacramento
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The Nisenan are a group of Native Americans and an Indigenous people of California from the Yuba River and American River watersheds in Northern California and the California Central Valley.
History of Sacramento, California
…officer Gabriel Moraga for the Santisimo Sacramento (Most Holy Sacrament), referring to the Catholic Eucharist. Before the arrival of Europeans, the Nisenan Native American tribe inhabited the Sacramento Valley area. The Spanish were the first Europeans to explore the area, and Sacramento fell into the Alta…
Herbert Young (Mountain Maidu/Mechoopda Maidu), George Nye (Nisenan), and Dewey Conway (Mechoopda) in Big Head dance regalia, Chico, California
Hydraulic Mining
Grinding holes, Strap Ravine Nisenan Maidu Indian Site, 1970 Johnson Ranch Road, Roseville, California, 2014
Gold seeking river operations California