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Author: Sacramento Public Library Authority Publisher: Arcadia Publishing ISBN: 1467105945 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 128
Book Description
Flowing through Sacramento County, the American River has long been a dynamic neighbor to those living along its waters. As the American River flooded, its banks were leveed, and its course was corrected to allow for further settlement and industry. Sacramento, in a feat of civic engagement, raised its business district above the floodplain, echoing the earthen mounds the Nisenan people used to raise their homes. Massive dredgers tore the riverbed in search of California's famous mineral. Railroad tracks, and later roads, were built to accommodate for more and more people living along its banks. The American River pressed those banks, but the residents of the Sacramento Valley persisted and created a vibrant capital for one of the world's largest economies.
Author: Sacramento Public Library Authority Publisher: Arcadia Publishing ISBN: 1467105945 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 128
Book Description
Flowing through Sacramento County, the American River has long been a dynamic neighbor to those living along its waters. As the American River flooded, its banks were leveed, and its course was corrected to allow for further settlement and industry. Sacramento, in a feat of civic engagement, raised its business district above the floodplain, echoing the earthen mounds the Nisenan people used to raise their homes. Massive dredgers tore the riverbed in search of California's famous mineral. Railroad tracks, and later roads, were built to accommodate for more and more people living along its banks. The American River pressed those banks, but the residents of the Sacramento Valley persisted and created a vibrant capital for one of the world's largest economies.
Author: Margaret Sanborn Publisher: New York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston ISBN: Category : History Languages : en Pages : 376
Book Description
The experiences of such individuals as John Sutter, Lola Montez, Mark Twain, Kit Carson, and John Muir are touched upon in a work that considers the river's rich history and crucial role in the nation's development.
Author: Don Brown Publisher: Flash Point ISBN: 1429990961 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 68
Book Description
When James Marshall found a small, soft shiny stone in a California stream, he knew it could only be one thing: Gold! His cry of discovery would be heard around the world. In the third installment of Don Brown's Actual Times series, Gold! Gold from the American River! is the story of the California gold rush--the uncharted journey across hostile land, the laborious process of panning for gold, the success of savvy entrepreneurs, and the fortunes of the marginalized, from slaves and American Indians to women and foreigners.
Author: Sayler/Morris (Artist group) Publisher: ISBN: 9781950401994 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
Water Gold Soil: The American River tells the story of a single flow of water in present-day California from origin to end use. Beginning at the river's headwaters in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, the book follows the water through pipes and dams, past Sutter's Mill and the birthplace of the Gold Rush, to the corporate agricultural fields until it eventually disappears into the ground, finding veins in the soil. Including a short essay by Elizabeth Kolbert, the book brings together a series of narrative text, photographs, and archival images that represent the history of extraction in California and testify to the social and ecological consequences of watershed colonialism.
Author: United States. Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works) Publisher: ISBN: Category : American River Watershed (Calif.) Languages : en Pages : 1756
Author: Tim Palmer Publisher: Univ of California Press ISBN: 0520952197 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 351
Book Description
Award-winning author, naturalist, and conservationist Tim Palmer presents the world of California rivers in this practical and inspiring field guide. Loaded with tips on where to hike, fish, canoe, kayak, and raft, it offers an interpretive approach that reveals geology, plant and wild life, hydrologic processes, and other natural phenomena. Palmer reports on conservation with a perspective from decades of personal engagement. More than 150 streams are featured, 50 riparian species are illustrated, and 180 photos show the essence of California’s rivers. Palmer brings a natural history guide, a recreation guide, and an introduction to river ecology together in one illuminating volume; it belongs in every river lover’s book collection, boat, and backpack.
Author: Sacramento Public Library Authority
Author: Sacramento Public Library Authority
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Author: Margaret Sanborn
Author: Don Brown
Author: California State University, Sacramento. Library
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Author: Sayler/Morris (Artist group)
Author: United States. Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works)
Author: Tim Palmer
Author: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Sacramento District