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California’s capital sits on top of itself
Old Sacramento covers 28 acres along the Sacramento River in downtown Sacramento, and more than 50 buildings here date to the 1850s.
You walk on cobblestone streets and wooden sidewalks past horse-drawn carriages and people dressed in Gold Rush-era clothing.
This district served as the western end of the Pony Express, the first transcontinental railroad, and the transcontinental telegraph. But the wildest part is what’s underneath you, and you can actually go down there.
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The city that lifted itself out of the mud
Gold turned Sacramento from a tent camp into a supply hub almost overnight after the 1848 discovery at Sutter’s Mill…