a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri River to the Pacific Coast. So on January 8, 1863, with a ground breaking ceremony in Sacramento, Central Pacific Railroad started work on the western end of the Transcontinental Railroad. Two railway companies competed in this venture: The Central Pacific company laid track eastward from Sacramento, California and at the same time The Union Pacific company began laying track westward from Omaha, Nebraska and when the two lines met, the transcontinental
1. Who were Hugh Allan, Dash Domi, Karlheinz Schreiber, Jacques Bureau, Pierre Sevigny, Wanda Liczyk, and Jacques Corriveau? Sir Hugh Allan Grant was a shipping magnate that was involved with bribery in The Pacific Scandal of the 1870s. He competed for the bid to the build the Canadian pacific railway and paid former Prime Minister, John A Macdonald a sum of $360,000 towards financing his party’s election campaign in exchange. The liberals discovered the scandal, which eventually led to the resignation
April 13th the last rider reached Sacramento, California. To become a rider you had to be a brave young man, and an orphan, because it was a dangerous job. They had to be very good riders, and able to shoot good. And they must not fear Indian attacks. Every rider had to ride sixty miles at very high speed. He had to travel the 60 miles with six different ponies and in six hours. Every day except on Sundays a rider left Missouri at 12 o’clock. The rider in Sacramento arrived at 8 o’clock in the morning
When the word “gold” is thrown around such news travels far and fast. This caused people from all areas of the world to flock thousands of miles during the Westward Expansion period in efforts of going from “rags to riches” to obtain the American dream. One particular group of laborers the Chinese went to pursue a dream in the west by working on the transcontinental railroad system. This paper will reveal experiences and discriminationsthat Chinese laborers faced while working on railroads during
argues in his article “California Must Spend More on Prison Health Care,” that health conditions in prisons need to be dramatically improved. On the other hand, in her article “California Should Not Spend Excessively on Prison Health Care,” Debra Saunders debates that California should not spend too much on already improved prison health care. They both use a variety of effective argumentative strategies but their different methods also set them apart. In his article “California Must Spend More on Prison
power proposed to be exercised by the bill is among the enumerated powers.”. St.Joseph, Missouri was chosen as the eastern terminus because it was connected to the eastern railroads and telegraph. The Western telegraph would be located in Sacramento, California. Benjamin Ficklin was hired as superintendent of the route. Ficklin set up the route into five divisions and hired superintendents to run each division. Over 400 hand picked horses were purchased and stations were built that at every station
Comparison Between Piano Concert by Barbara Wieman and Sacramento Chamber Orchestra On Feb 20,1997, I attended a piano concert that was performed by Barbara Wieman. The performance was held at the American River College Music Department choir room. The choir room holds about 100 people and every seat was taken and students were seated on the floor. The audience was dressed casual as everyone was students trying to do their concert papers. Barbara Weiman was also dressed casual but nice
Concepts of Team Management When we think of the word team, individually many different ideas may come to mind about what a team really is. Some may think of an NFL team (Tennessee Titans), an NBA team (Sacramento Kings), or a NASA astronaut team with such pioneers as Edwin Aldrin, Jr. and Neil Armstrong as members. You might even think of the U.S. Navy, Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, or Marines as teams. In fact they all are, and they have a great deal in common as teams. However, for the
Xavier Becerra was born on January 26, 1958 in Sacramento, California. Becerra is the child of some working-class immigrants. He grew up in a one room house along with his three sisters hat he had. He graduated from C.K McClatchy High School in 1976 which is located in Sacramento. He was basically born and raised in Sacramento, California. Xavier was the first one of all four children to graduate from college. He graduated in 1984 from Stanford University, earning his J.D from Standford's Law School
In the 1850’s, Chinese immigrants began entering California in search of gold and the California dream. They had heard that California was the new frontier, a frontier that would provide them with the opportunity for economic riches. Young and ambitious, many of these Chinese immigrants quickly married in their homeland and set out for the gold rush, promising to return (with wealth). Likewise, in the 1880s, when the state of California was undergoing rapid economic transformation, Japanese immigrants
County Profile on Sacramento Araceli Valencia California State University, Long Beach Abstract The County of Sacramento had its humble beginnings during the California Gold Rush and booming railroad industry. Since then it has grown to encompass seven cities and the states government buildings. This county is the home of the city of Sacramento, the state capital of California. The county of Sacramento is growing in population and is facing the same issues as the rest of the state
1. Considering my mother’s family was always residents of the state of California, my father’s side was the only part of my family to migrate to the state, although not from a different country. This began when my father Anthony Velasco traveled from Chicago, Illinois, with my grandparents and his siblings. My father came from a family of 8 children, so my grandparents lived a very frugal lifestyle. They had exactly what they needed to get by, but struggled at times to make ends meet. Living expenses
assist pregnant teenagers and women from abandoning their children by ensuring that they get medical care, counseling, housing, and other resources for them to make wiser decisions. She was the first person to set a “street team” for the people in Sacramento through giving out used clothes and her passion for helping women. She housed young pregnant women in her residency whereby she could give up also her bed. She could also set tables with the help of volunteers during cold nights and fed pregnant
Sutter was born in Baden, Switzerland on the 15th of February in 1803. Sutter is the reason for the California Gold Rush that began in 1848. Sutter had a fort called “New Helvetia” beginning in 1842 that ended quickly in 1844. A man named James Wilson Marshall was planning to build John Sutter a water-powered sawmill, when he came across flakes of gold in the American River near Coloma, California in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. This Discovery happened on January 24th in 1848 causing the town to
Suisun City, population 29,000, is a small town in Solano County, California. Solano County is one of the nine counties of the San Francisco Bay Area, home to more than 100 individual incorporated cities. The unusually high concentration of cities in this region combined with the generally Mediterranean climate gives this part of California a character more reminiscent of Europe in terms of urban amenities than can be found in most parts of the U.S. One of the benefits of having so many people concentrated
This paper aims to explore the extraordinary physical features of the Golden State, California. The Golden State is defined as, “a state on the W coast of the US: the third largest state in area and the largest in population; consists of a narrow, warm coastal plain rising to the Coast Range, deserts in the south, the fertile central valleys of the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers, and the mountains of the Sierra Nevada in the east; major industries include the growing of citrus fruits and grapes
things to do? Well, if you have ever have wanted to do that, then you should go to California! You can make some new friends in California, mostly because California is actually the most populous U.S. state. So in this essay we will be talking about some of California’s biggest cities, attractions, places to eat, sports teams, famous people, and some of California’s favorites! California’s biggest city is Sacramento, and millions of people visit there, and that’s not even counting the people living
1960’s California experienced reverence through the reputation of being a promising great state. The increasing population as well as the massive publicity, contributed in highlighting this notion. However, in 2011, California no longer holds the same reputation in the eyes of its residents. With a current state deficit of $25.4 Billion, many Californians believe that the state is hopeless and can no longer regain to its past stardom. Famed Historian, Kevin Starr argues that California has lost
off I went. The journey started with a weeklong visit with my sister, (not of the faith) in Sherman Oaks, CA, and then the plan was to fly to Sacramento CA, rent a car, drive the 2 hours to Redding, drive another 2 hours, go to the Joshua Festival in Quincy, CA, drive 2 hours back to Redding, and attend a service at Bethel, and then drive back to Sacramento and fly home. With my original flight plans it would have put me there in such limited time that I was really not sure if the timing would have
to remain open-minded. Authors and artists such as Steinbeck, Didion, Kingston, Thiebaud, Shepard, and everyone else we have encountered incorporate ambiguity as a way to provoke the reader and open up conversations regarding the current state of California. Despite all the opportunities available in The Golden State, it is indisputable that it is a placed filled with uncertainties.