| West Sacramento Contributor(s): The West Sacramento Historical Society (Author) |
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ISBN: 0738529451 ISBN-13: 9780738529455 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 2004 Annotation: West Sacramento, in Yolo County, is just across the river from the state capital that shares part of its name. But it has a very distinct history. First called Washington, the area became an agricultural and industrial center that attracted Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese, and Russian immigrants and helped to feed and supply the growing metropolis of Sacramento and surrounding counties. In 1911, the ambitious West Sacramento Land Company laid down electric rail links to downtown Sacramento and cleared the land for what they hoped would be large-scale developments and population growth. Eventually West Sacramento did grow, and in 1987 the communities of West Sacramento, Broderick, Bryte, and Southport joined together to become one of the newest incorporated cities in the state. |
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| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - West (ak, Ca, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, Wy) - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Regional (see Also Travel - Pictorials) - Travel | Pictorials (see Also Photography - Subjects & Themes - Regional) |
| Dewey: 979.451 |
| LCCN: 2004111400 |
| Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing) |
| Physical Information: 0.32" H x 6.48" W x 9.24" (0.68 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - West Coast - Geographic Orientation - California - Locality - Sacramento, California - Cultural Region - Western U.S. |
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Contributor Bio(s): The West Sacramento Historical Society: - The West Sacramento Historical Society has selected the best images from private and public collections to illustrate this story of a city that has retained its small-town character and identity despite its proximity to the capital of the sixth largest economy in the world. |