| Sacramento Contributor(s): Burg, William (Author) |
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ISBN: 0738559008 ISBN-13: 9780738559001 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2008 Annotation: Californiaas capital city, Sacramento, has played many roles over time, including Gold Rush boomtown, railroad terminus, regional industrial center, and seat of state government. These varied roles meant dramatic changes as the city grew outward and upward. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - West (ak, Ca, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, Wy) |
| Dewey: 979.454 |
| LCCN: 2008922669 |
| Series: Then & Now (Arcadia) |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 6.7" W x 9.3" (0.65 lbs) 96 pages |
| Themes: - Locality - Sacramento, California - Cultural Region - Northern California - Geographic Orientation - California - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Cultural Region - West Coast |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: California's capital city, Sacramento, has played many roles over time, including Gold Rush boomtown, railroad terminus, regional industrial center, and seat of state government. These varied roles meant dramatic changes as the city grew outward and upward. |
Contributor Bio(s): Burg, William: - Using photographs provided by the Sacramento Archives and Museum Collection Center, historian William Burg, author of Arcadia's Sacramento's Streetcars and Sacramento's Southside Park, shows how a Gold Rush trading post and a crumbling fort quickly became a metropolitan center and the capital of California. |