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The first large steam driven vessel running between San Francisco and Sacramento was the steamship McKim, a 400-ton ex Army propeller driven transport steamship that had sailed to California from New Orleans. McKim made its first regular run up river on October 26, 1849, in 17 hours, touching at Benicia on the way to Sacramento. Its schedule ...
In 1848 there were but two steamers on the Sacramento River. You could travel from San Francisco to Sacramento for $30 with a cabin, or for $20 on deck. As the California gold rush began, the number of ships sailing on the Sacramento River shot to sixteen in just eighteen months, all of them built in eastern shipyards and sailed around Cape ...
A live steam festival (often called a "Steam Fair" in the UK and a live steam "meet" in the US) is a gathering of people interested in steam engine technology. Locomotives, trains, traction engines , steam wagons , steam rollers , showman's engines and tractors , steam boats and cars , and stationary steam engines may be on display, both full ...
LALSRM Railroad Museum signage in Griffith Park. The Los Angeles Live Steamers Railroad Museum (LALSRM) is a non-profit public-benefit corporation founded in 1956 by live steam enthusiasts for the purpose of educating the public about railroad history and lore, and to promote live steam and scale model railroad technology.
S. Sacramento Youth Symphony; St. Paul High School (Santa Fe Springs, California) Samuel Ayer High School; San Diego Toreros football; San Jose Redevelopment Agency
The Sacramento Bee will bring together planning experts, elected officials and community leaders to discuss the region’s future at a live event Dec. 6.
Downtown Commons (or DOCO), formerly known as Sacramento Downtown Plaza, Westfield (Shoppingtown) Downtown Plaza and Downtown Plaza, is a two-level outdoor mixed-use entertainment and shopping complex operated by JMA Ventures, LLC, located along the alignment of K Street (also known as David J. Stern Walk between 5th and 7th Streets) in downtown Sacramento, California, United States, near the ...
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