Historical Markers in Sacramento County, California
1854 City Hall and Waterworks
1854 Flagpole
1972 Sacramento Canadair Sabre Accident Memorial
4th Avenue / Wayne Hultgren Light Rail Station
66 Main Street
9/11 Memorial
A Stately Mansion
A.J. Stevens Monument
Acorns, Oaks, and the Native Peoples
After the Gold Rush
Aleck Blue
Alexander Hamilton Willard
Alice Dunbar Nelson
American River Grange #172
An Electrifying Past
Anthony J. “Tom” LoPresti
Ashland Station
B.F. Hastings Bank Building
Base Headquarters
Bing Kong Tong Society Building
Bishop Alfonso Gallegos
Blue Diamond Building
Boon-Dox Botel
Booth Building
California Almond Growers Exchange
California Firefighters Memorial
California Mexican-American War Memorial
California State Capitol
California State Capitol Park
California State Capitol Park
California State Indian Museum
California Veterans Memorial
California Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Californias First Passenger Railroad
Californias Historic Capitol
Camp Union Sutterville
Captain John A. Sutter's Landing
Cemetery of Children
Central Pacifics Other Big Four
Charles A. “Charlie” King
Charles Duncombe, M.D. (1787 1862)
Charles “Chuck” Tison
Charlotte Amanda Spears Bass
Citrus Heights Community Club
City Cemetery
City Wharf and Warehouses
City's First Southern Flood Levee
Civil War Memorial
Civil War Symbol Yields To Time
Clara Shortridge Foltz
Colonel William Stephen Hamilton
Cutting Edge Technology
Daniel Blue
Delta Transmission Towers/Delta Cross Channel Gates
Don Ray Building
Dr. Alister MacKenzie
Dr. Benjamin F. Pendery
Dr. Margaret 'Mike' Chung
Eagle Theatre
Edmonds Field
Edward Kelley School
El Camino Real Bell
Elbridge L. Hawk
Elitha Cumi Donner - Wilder
Elk Grove History
Elk Grove History
F-105G “Wild Weasel”
Fifteen Mile House
Fire Extinguisher
First Sacramento High School
First Synagogue
First Transcontinental Railroad
First Transcontinental Railroad Groundbreaking Site
First United Methodist Church
Five Mile Station
Florin
Folsom City
Folsom Dam Improvements
Folsom History Museum
Folsom Institute
Folsom Pony Express Terminus
Folsom Terminal
Folsom Veterans Memorial
Forebay
Frank C. Freer
Frasinettis Winery
Freeport Railroad
Freight on the Move
Fremont Cash Grocery
Galt Water Tower
General Albert M. Winn
General Albert Maver Winn
General George Wright
George A. Lippi / Joseph F. Smith
George Hack House
Georgia Fisher
Gertrude Weil
Gold Mining and Michigan Bar
Governors Mansion
Gravel Pit Parking Lot
Hardin Bigelow
Hasman Building/General Store
Heilbron House
Heroes in the Sky
Historic Businesses 10th to 11th Streets, North
Historic Businesses 11th to 12th Street, South
Historic Businesses 12th to 13th Street, North
Historic Businesses 12th to 13th Streets, South
Historic Street Lights
History of Southside Park
"Hoboken and This is No Jokin"
Honor Roll
Horse Head Hitching Post
Hotel Del Rio and Casino
In Memory of All American Veterans
In Memory of the Old Tier Grounds
Independent Boat Operations of the 1850s
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Isletons Historic Old Town
J. Clifton Toney
J. Holland Laidler Camp No. 5 Plot
James Logan Butler
James Rutter
Jane Norris
Jared D. Sheldon
Jean A. Bell Kellogg
Jeannette Rankin
Jesse M. Unruh State Office Building
"Jims Bridge"
John A. Sutter, Jr.
John Bigler
John P. Rhoads
John Sutter Landing
Johnny Cash Trail
Joseph H. McKinney
Jovita Idár
Julie Soderlund
Juno Frankie Seay Pierce
K. Nakano Co. Store
Ken Morton, Sr.
Kenneth L. Maddy
Kuntz Memorial Field
Lady Adams Building
Laura de Force Gordon
Lavinia Gertrude Watson
Leidesdorff Plaza
Leland Stanford House
Liberty Bell Replica
Locke
Locke / 樂居镇
Locke Memorial Park
Locke, California
Lower Powerhouse
Luella Buckminster-Johnston
Luella Johnston
Mabel Ping-Hua Lee
Main Powerhouse
Margaret Rhodes Crocker
María Amparo Ruiz de Burton
Maria Guadalupe Evangelina de Lopez
Marie Louise Bottineau Baldwin
Mark Hopkins
Mark Hopkins Monument
Mary Church Terrell
Mather Air Force Base Navigators Monument
Mather Field
McClellan Air Force Base
McKinley Rose Garden
Mei Wah Building
Memorial Grove
Merchant Marine Monument
Michael “Mac” McDonagh
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla
Mormon Island
Murphys Corral
Naomi Anderson
Natomas Consolidated of California
New England Seed Store
New Helvetia Cemetery
New Uses on the Rail Yard
Newton Booth
Old City Plaza
Old Elk Grove
Old Folsom Powerhouse
Old Masonic Cemetery
Old Odd Fellows Plot
Old Sacramento
Old Sacramento Schoolhouse Museum
Original Folsom Hydroelectric Plant
Path of Honor
Pinus Pinea
Pioneer Camellia Grove
Pioneer Cemetery Grove
Pioneer Cemetery Grove
Pioneer Hall
Pioneer Park
Pony Express
Pony Express River Steamer “Antelope”
POW/MIA
Prairie City
Prairie City Cemetery
Prison Doodlebug
Prisoner of the River
Pushing Electrons
R Street Bridge
Railroad Gate
Rancho Rio de los Americanos
Re-Internment Site For New Helvetia Cemetery
Rededication of El Centro Mexicano Plaque
Rev. O.C. Wheeler D.D., L.L.D.
Rhoads School
Riot on the Cosumnes
Robert Fulton
Rocks to Rockets
Sacramento City Cemetery
Sacramento City Cemetery / People of the Cemetery
Sacramento County WW I Veterans Memorial
Sacramento Engine Company No. 3
Sacramento High School
Sacramento Pioneers Society
Sacramento Purple Heart Memorial
Sacramento River Exploration
Sacramento River Waterfront
Sacramento Turn Verein
Sacramento Valley Railroad
Sacramento Volunteer Fire Department
Sacramento's Early Waterfront
Sacramento's Original Level
Sacramentos Maritime Heritage
San Juan High School
Sara Plummer Lemmon
Sa Cumne Plaza
Sept. 11, 2001 Memorial
September 11, 2001
Sergeant C.W. Parker
Sheldon Grist Mill
Sisters of Mercy
Site of Car/Carpenter Shop (1863)
Site of First African Methodist Episcopal Church on the Pacific Coast
Site of First and Second State Capitols at Sacramento
Site of the First County Free Library Branch in California
Site of the Ridge Home - Sacramento's First Mercy Hospital
Sloughhouse
Sloughhouse Pioneer Cemetery
Solander's
Spencer Hoofed Animal Complex
St. Elizabeth Portuguese National Church
St. George Hotel
St. John the Baptist Catholic Church
St. Luke's Episcopal Church
Sutter's Fort
Sutterville Brewery
Sylvan Cemetery
Sylvan School
The 17 Doctors of the 1850 Sacramento Cholera Epidemic
The Bennett Brothers
The Birth Place of the Railroads
The California Peace Officers Memorial
The California State Insectary
The Camellia Coffee Shop
The Civil War Memorial Grove
The Coloma Road
The Coloma Road
The Docks
The Dunn Mansion
The Explosion of the Yosemite
The Firemans Plot
The First Brick Building in Sacramento
The First Hundred Years are the Hardest
The G.A.R. Memorial Plot
The Guy West Bridge
The Interurban Railroad Lines
The Lincoln Highway
The Maine Memorial
The Monitor
The Northern Electric Bridge
The Pony Express
The Pony Express
The River Lines Fleet
The Rusch Home
The Sacramento, Placer and Nevada Railroad Right of Way
The Squatters Riot
The Tower Bridge
The Treasured American River
The United States Merchant Marine
The Young Wo Memorial Site
Theodora Tiffee Purkitt, M.D.
Theodore Dehone Judah
Theodore Judah
Thomas Starr King
Tony's Corner
Tower Bridge: Gateway to the Capital
Transportation by Water and Land
Tree Stump Hitching Post
Turning Locomotives in Folsom
Turning the Trains
U.S.S. Sacramento 1863 1867
U.S.S. Sacramento 1914 1942
U.S.S. Sacramento 1964
United States Post Office, Courthouse, & Federal Building
USS California Bell Memorial
USS Sacramento (PG-19)
Vernal Pool Grassland
Vernon-Brannan House
Veteran of Foreign Wars Memorial
View Near the M Street Bridge
W.L. Perkins Warehouse
Walerga Assembly Center
Walnut Grove, Est. 1850/Locke, Est. 1915
We Will Not Forget...
Welcome to Locke
Welcome to Mather Lake
Wells Fargo and Company
Western Pacific Railroad
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Who is Fisher?
William McKinley Park
Williams House
You Are Remembered Rest In Peace
Young America Engine Co. No. 6
Zitkála-á
“Cobblestone” Ballast
About Sacramento County
Sacramento County Timeline
Sacramento County, located in central California, has a rich history that dates back thousands of years. Before the arrival of European settlers, the area was populated by Native American tribes, including the Nisenan, Miwok, and Plains Miwok people. They lived off the abundant natural resources in the region, including the Sacramento and American rivers.
In 1808, Spanish explorer Gabriel Moraga was the first documented European to visit the area. Then, in 1839, Swiss immigrant John Sutter established a trading post called Sutter's Fort along the American River, attracting settlers to the area. This led to the beginning of Sacramento's transformation from a small outpost to a bustling city.
The California Gold Rush of 1848 further propelled the growth of Sacramento County and the larger Sacramento region. Thousands of gold seekers flocked to the area, turning Sacramento into a booming commercial center. The city's location at the convergence of major rivers made it a key transportation hub for gold miners heading to the Sierra Nevada foothills.
Sacramento County was officially established on February 18, 1850, following California's admission to the United States as a state. The county quickly developed into a political and economic center, becoming the capital of California in 1854. Over the years, Sacramento County has continued to grow, attracting industries such as agriculture, government, and technology. Today, it is home to over 1.5 million people and remains an important cultural and economic hub in northern California.
In 1808, Spanish explorer Gabriel Moraga was the first documented European to visit the area. Then, in 1839, Swiss immigrant John Sutter established a trading post called Sutter's Fort along the American River, attracting settlers to the area. This led to the beginning of Sacramento's transformation from a small outpost to a bustling city.
The California Gold Rush of 1848 further propelled the growth of Sacramento County and the larger Sacramento region. Thousands of gold seekers flocked to the area, turning Sacramento into a booming commercial center. The city's location at the convergence of major rivers made it a key transportation hub for gold miners heading to the Sierra Nevada foothills.
Sacramento County was officially established on February 18, 1850, following California's admission to the United States as a state. The county quickly developed into a political and economic center, becoming the capital of California in 1854. Over the years, Sacramento County has continued to grow, attracting industries such as agriculture, government, and technology. Today, it is home to over 1.5 million people and remains an important cultural and economic hub in northern California.
Sacramento County Timeline
This timeline provides a condensed summary of the historical journey of Sacramento County, California.
- 1839: Sacramento County is established as one of the original 27 counties of California.
- 1848: Gold is discovered in the American River, leading to the California Gold Rush.
- 1850: The city of Sacramento becomes the state capital of California.
- 1856: The first railroad bridge, the Sacramento Valley Railroad Bridge, is built across the American River.
- 1861: The Central Pacific Railroad, which would later become part of the First Transcontinental Railroad, is founded in Sacramento County.
- 1879: The Sacramento County Courthouse, known as the Old Sacramento County Courthouse, is completed.
- 1967: The California State University, Sacramento, is established in Sacramento County.
- 1974: The Sacramento International Airport is opened in Sacramento County.
- 2018: The Golden 1 Center, a multi-purpose arena, opens in downtown Sacramento.