Sacramento
Sacramento names 2 different subjects across the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. Each is set out below. 1 of them is described by more than one encyclopedia.
Sacramento a city, capital of the State of California
Described by 2 of the 6 encyclopedias.
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
a city, capital of the State of California, and county-seat of Sacramento co.; at the confluence of the Sacramento and American rivers, at the head of low water navigation, 96 miles N. E. of San Francisco. It is built on a broad, low plain and has strong levees as a protection against floods. It has a semi-tropical climate, and vegetation is most luxuriant. The city has about 200 manufacturing establishments, and the combined annual output exceeds $75,000,- 000 in value. There is a large variety of industries, the most important including the manufacture of agricultural implements, carriages and wagons, pottery, woolen goods, machinery, furniture, etc. Here are also the Southern Pacific railroad shops which cover 25 acres of ground and employ about 4,000 men. The convenient location of Sacramento in the center of a rich agricultural region gives it a large trade with the interior of the State. There are a number of National and State banks, and numerous daily and weekly periodicals. The assessed property valuation is nearly $136,400,000. Public Interests. - The streets are well laid out, and mostly lighted by electricity. The State capitol, which stands in a beautiful plaza covering 30 acres, was finished in 1869 at a cost of about $2,500,000. Within the plaza are the State Printing office and the Exposition Building of the State Agricultural Society. In the latter the resources of the State are annually exhibited. There are over 1,000 acres of parks, and 98 miles of paved streets. The thirteen banks in 1920 had deposits of $66,000,000. The clearings in 1919 were for $300,000,000. There are thirty-six school buildings, with an enrollment of over 13,000 pupils. The other noteworthy buildings include the court house, United States Government building, city hall, Hall of Justice, Agricultural Pavilion, City ty Library, Crocker Art Gallery, the California State bank, Fort Sutter (rebuilt), the Sacramento Institute, Christian Brothers' College, California State Library, Mater Misericordia and Southern Pacific Railroad Hospitals, Children's Day Home, and many charitable homes. History. Capt. John A. Sutter built a fort here in 1839, but the city was not settled till 1848, after the discovery of gold. The first house was built in 1849. Sacramento was made the State capital in 1854, and received its city charter in 1863. It has suffered severely twice from fire and twice from inundation. Pop. (1910) 44,696; (1920) 65,908.
Aiton's Encyclopedia (1910)
the capital city of California. It is situated on the Sacramento River, ninety miles northeast of San Francisco . The city is well laid out and well built. The residence portions are shaded by a forest of planted trees. The state capital was established at Sacramento in 1854. The capitol building is an imposing structure erected at a cost of $2,500,000. It is situated in a park of thirty acres. The town grew up about Sutter's Fort. The first house was built in 1849. During the days of the gold excitement, Sacramento was the outfitting center. Steamers arrived daily from San Francisco. Stage lines maintained communication with the various mining camps. Later the Southern Pacific and the Central Pacific railroads met here. Sacramento has manufacturing interests, including mills, foundries, machine shops, breweries, and manufactures of saddles, harness, carriages, furniture, crackers, and soap. Flour is exported to China and Japan. The population in 1909 was 35,000. See California ; San Francisco
Sacramento a river of the United States
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
a river of the United States, in California. It rises in Lassen co., flows W. then S. and drains the central valley of California from the N. Its course is about 500 miles, 320 of which are navigable for small vessels. It discharges its waters into the Suisun Bay on the line between Contra Costa and Solono counties.
What Has Changed in the Last Century
Collier's put Sacramento's 1920 population at 65,908; the 2020 census counted about 525,000 in the city and roughly 2.4 million in the surrounding metropolitan area, making it one of California's largest urban regions rather than a farm-trade town. The Southern Pacific shops that Collier's praised as covering 25 acres and employing 4,000 men shut down in the late 20th century; the site is now home to the California State Railroad Museum and a long-running redevelopment of the old railyards. Government, health care and services have replaced agricultural implements and wagons as the city's economic base, though the Central Valley farm belt around it remains among the most productive in the world. The "strong levees" are still the city's defining anxiety: dams such as Shasta (completed 1945) and Folsom (1955) tamed the Sacramento River, yet floods in 1986 and 1997 kept Sacramento ranked among the most flood-exposed large cities in the United States.
Written for this edition, 2026.