| Rio Linda and Elverta Contributor(s): Buckland, Joyce (Author) |
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ISBN: 0738531146 ISBN-13: 9780738531144 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2006 Annotation: Rio Linda and Elverta are now modern suburbs north of busy metropolitan Sacramento. But when Edwin Pitcher first opened his hotel, the Star House, on Nevada Road in 1860, it was only a place to water horses and spend the night on the long, open road to the new state capital. Elverta was the first community to appear here in 1908, and in 1913, a development group, Suburban Fruitlands Company, promoted Rio Linda as ideal land for growing fruit. Unfortunate orchardists who believed the advertising saw their seedlings wither in hardpan, but those who stuck it out turned to lucrative poultry ranching. Until the 1960s, the area was a major California egg producer. Nearby McClellan Air Force Base, established just before World War II, was a major employer until it reverted to other military uses in 2001 and is still a point of pride for residents. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - West (ak, Ca, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, Wy) - Travel | Pictorials (see Also Photography - Subjects & Themes - Regional) - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Regional (see Also Travel - Pictorials) |
| Dewey: 979.453 |
| LCCN: 2005937817 |
| Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing) |
| Physical Information: 0.34" H x 6.7" W x 9.28" (0.72 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Northern California - Geographic Orientation - California - Locality - Sacramento, California - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Cultural Region - West Coast |
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| Publisher Description: Rio Linda and Elverta are now modern suburbs north of busy metropolitan Sacramento. But when Edwin Pitcher first opened his hotel, the Star House, on Nevada Road in 1860, it was only a place to water horses and spend the night on the long, open road to the new state capital. Elverta was the first community to appear here in 1908, and in 1913, a development group, Suburban Fruitlands Company, promoted Rio Linda as ideal land for growing fruit. Unfortunate orchardists who believed the advertising saw their seedlings wither in hardpan, but those who stuck it out turned to lucrative poultry ranching. Until the 1960s, the area was a major California egg producer. Nearby McClellan Air Force Base, established just before World War II, was a major employer until it reverted to other military uses in 2001 and is still a point of pride for residents. |
Contributor Bio(s): Buckland, Joyce: - Author Joyce Buckland is the newsletter editor for the Rio Linda Elverta Historical Society, a genealogy instructor, and a former trustee of the California Museum for History, Women, and the Arts. Gathering images from the historical society, the Sacramento Archives and Museum Collection Center, and local private collections, she assembles a charming visual scrapbook of these growing Central Valley towns. |