Riverboats Of Northern California

Author : Paul C. Trimble
Publisher : Imaginary Lines, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9780738574967
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Riverboats of Northern California written by Paul C. Trimble and published by Imaginary Lines, Inc.. This book was released on 2011 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: California's mighty rivers served as the state's early superhighways. Riverboats transported countless tons of supplies, workers, and settlers from the coast to inland gold rush colonies and everywhere in between. Majestic sidewheelers and sternwheelers burning coal, wood, and oil plied the waterways of the delta, as well as the Sacramento, San Joaquin, and Napa Rivers, and the lesser-known routes of the Sonoma and Petaluma. Starting with the Sitka in 1847, boats such as the Captain Weber, Jacinto, Fort Sutter, T.C. Walker, and J.R. McDonald ruled the rivers, visiting such ports as Courtland, Stockton, Sacramento, San Francisco, Marysville, Firebaugh, Yuba City, and Rio Vista.

Author : Robert E. Walters
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cruising the California Delta written by Robert E. Walters and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sail & Steam on the Northern California Coast, 1850-1900 written by and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Stan Garvey
Publisher : Conran Octopus
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book King & Queen of the River written by Stan Garvey and published by Conran Octopus. This book was released on 1995 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Dottie Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 90 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Historical Overview of the Western Tehama County Foothills written by Dottie Smith and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. War Department
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Feather River, Calif written by United States. War Department and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Richard E. Lingenfelter
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Steamboats on the Colorado River, 1852-1916 written by Richard E. Lingenfelter and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Bureau of Reclamation
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cooperative Investigations in California written by United States. Bureau of Reclamation and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Christopher J. Castaneda
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN 13 : 0822979187
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book River City and Valley Life written by Christopher J. Castaneda and published by University of Pittsburgh Press. This book was released on 2013-12-09 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Often referred to as “the Big Tomato,” Sacramento is a city whose makeup is significantly more complex than its agriculture-based sobriquet implies. In River City and Valley Life, seventeen contributors reveal the major transformations to the natural and built environment that have shaped Sacramento and its suburbs, residents, politics, and economics throughout its history. The site that would become Sacramento was settled in 1839, when Johann Augustus Sutter attempted to convert his Mexican land grant into New Helvetia (or “New Switzerland”). It was at Sutter’s sawmill fifty miles to the east that gold was first discovered, leading to the California Gold Rush of 1849. Nearly overnight, Sacramento became a boomtown, and cityhood followed in 1850. Ideally situated at the confluence of the American and Sacramento Rivers, the city was connected by waterway to San Francisco and the surrounding region. Combined with the area’s warm and sunny climate, the rivers provided the necessary water supply for agriculture to flourish. The devastation wrought by floods and cholera, however, took a huge toll on early populations and led to the construction of an extensive levee system that raised the downtown street level to combat flooding. Great fortune came when local entrepreneurs built the Central Pacific Railroad, and in 1869 it connected with the Union Pacific Railroad to form the first transcontinental passage. Sacramento soon became an industrial hub and major food-processing center. By 1879, it was named the state capital and seat of government. In the twentieth century, the Sacramento area benefitted from the federal government’s major investment in the construction and operation of three military bases and other regional public works projects. Rapid suburbanization followed along with the building of highways, bridges, schools, parks, hydroelectric dams, and the Rancho Seco nuclear power plant, which activists would later shut down. Today, several tribal gaming resorts attract patrons to the area, while “Old Sacramento” revitalizes the original downtown as it celebrates Sacramento’s pioneering past. This environmental history of Sacramento provides a compelling case study of urban and suburban development in California and the American West. As the contributors show, Sacramento has seen its landscape both ravaged and reborn. As blighted areas, rail yards, and riverfronts have been reclaimed, and parks and green spaces created and expanded, Sacramento’s identity continues to evolve. As it moves beyond its Gold Rush, Transcontinental Railroad, and government-town heritage, Sacramento remains a city and region deeply rooted in its natural environment.

Author : Charles A. Stansfield
Publisher : Stackpole Books
ISBN 13 : 081174308X
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Haunted Northern California written by Charles A. Stansfield and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2009-06-10 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Northern California has a dark side--a hidden world of ghosts, monsters, and devils.