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Benicia Capitol State Historic Park is a state park in Benicia, California, United States. The park is dedicated to California's third capitol building, where the California State Legislature convened from February 3, 1853, to February 24, 1854, when they voted to move the state capital to Sacramento. It is the only pre-Sacramento capitol that ...
Benicia State Recreation Area is a state park unit of California, United States, protecting tidal wetland. It is located in the Solano County city of Benicia , 2 miles (3.2 km) west of downtown Benicia and borders Vallejo's Glen Cove neighborhood.
The Presbyterian Church of Benicia site is a California Historical Landmark No. 175 listed on March 6, 1935. The First Presbyterian Church of Benicia was the first Protestant church founded in California with a staff pastor. The pastor was Reverend Sylvester Woodbridge Jr., who founded the church in 1849 using a school house.
Benicia Seminary was founded by a Board of Trustees in June 1852, as the Young Ladies' Seminary of Benicia in Solano County, California in the city of Benicia, California. The Benicia Seminary site is a California Historical Landmark No. 795 listed on September 6, 1964. At is peak the Young Ladies' Seminary of Beniciain had 149 students from ...
The church was founded on September 24, 1854 170 years ago, by Major F. D. Townsend, with the US Army in the Benicia Sate Capital Building. [1] [2] A historical marker is at Saint Paul's Episcopal Church of Benicia. The marker was placed there by The Historic Landmarks Committee, Grand Parlor, Native Sons of the Golden West.
In February 1848, first word of gold found at Sutter's Mill was leaked at a Benicia Tavern, thus starting the California Gold Rush. [9] [10] [11] Benicia became a way station on the way to the Sierras. [12] In March 1850, Benicia became one of the first incorporated cities in California, a month after Sacramento. [13]
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Suisun Bay (/ s ə ˈ s uː n / sə-SOON; Wintun for "where the west wind blows") is a shallow tidal estuary (a northeastern extension of the San Francisco Bay) in Northern California. It lies at the confluence of the Sacramento River and San Joaquin River, forming the entrance to the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta, an inverted river delta.