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Sacramento is the capital of California (building shown at
the left) which is located inland, east of San Francisco. Sacramento
being the capital you would expect to see huge sleek glass buildings at
the center of a metropolis. There are buildings like this of course
downtown but actually Sacramento is mostly comprised of many small
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Modern Sacramento is a political hub of the world's 8th
largest economy. It is also known as the 2nd "silicon
valley." Sacramento also has many cultural attractions such as
Crocker Art museum, its famous Sacramento train museum, one of the largest
collections of trains in the world (pictured below.) Sacramento
known for its "small town life" has many little quaint shops in
its towns where you can find anything from homemade candy to crafts. |
| In 1839, John Sutter and
his fellow Swiss explorers and built a fort (Sutters Fort) by the
streams. When the first discovery of gold was made the small
settlements grew rapidly. Many people were not so lucky to strike it
rich in Sacramento but instead decided to make a profit from agriculture
and founded towns near the gold rush streams. By 1849 news of gold
in Northern California reached San Francisco and by then the entire nation
gad a horrible case of gold fever. |
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