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Complete with photos, maps, and a time line of events, a history of Sacramento, California, begins with the discovery of gold on John Sutter's land back in 1848, an event that ignited the gold rush and a mass migration westward.

Visits Old Sacramento, a historic district in California's capital, with restored nineteenth-century buildings, wooden sidewalks, hitching posts, and cobblestone streets, which bring the gold rush era to life