Sacramento-City in Californien.

Title

Sacramento-City in Californien.

Description

View shows the whole of Sacramento in California with offshore ships and a paddle steamer.

ca. 1850

Artist

Kunstanstalt Hildburghausen (1828-1874)

The German publishing company Bibliographisches Institut was founded 1826 in Gotha by Joseph Meyer, moved 1828 to Hildburghausen and 1874 to Leipzig. Its production over the years includes such well-known titles as Meyers Lexikon.

Historical Description

Sacramento is the capital of the US state of California. From 1839, the area was part of New Helvetia, a private colony founded by the Swiss immigrant Johann August Sutter with the permission of the Mexican administration. At the mouth of the American River into the Sacramento River, he established Fort Sutter, from which the town emerged. After the Mexican-American War of 1846/48, the whole of California became American. In 1848, Sutter's colony collapsed under the pressure of the Californian gold rush. As a result of the gold rush, the settlement of Sacramento emerged as a gold mining settlement at the mouth of the American River in the Sacramento River. During this time, gold seekers came here by ship and then searched on foot. Sacramento was declared a city as early as 1850 and became the capital of the state of California in 1854. After the first railroad was opened in 1856, Sacramento grew into a commercial center and quickly became known as Boomtown on the River. Today, Sacramento is known for its textile and food industries.