It was discovered when the miners were mining some gold while in 1849 they found gold and silver and named it Sacramento.
Sacramento river
Sacramento is a city, the state capital of California.
No, but Sacramento is the state capital of the golden state, California.
Just north of Sacramento along the Sacramento river
Yes, Sacramento was named the capital of California in 1854.
The river gold was discovered in was near the Sacramento River.
James Marshall discovered gold in Sacramento
Sacramento river
Sacramento, California is the state capital in the west where they discovered gold in 1849.
Gold was discovered in Sacramento in January 1848 when James W. Marshall found gold at Sutter's Mill, triggering the California Gold Rush.
Sacramento got its name from the Sacramento River, which was named by Spanish explorer Gabriel Moraga in 1808. Moraga chose the name Sacramento, which means "sacrament" in Spanish, in honor of the sacraments of the Catholic Church.
Sacramento means "holy sacrement" in Spanish. In either 1799 or 1808, the Spanish explorer Gabriel Moraga discovered and named the Sacramento Valley and the Sacramento River after the Spanish term for 'sacrament;' specifically, after "the Most Holy Sacrament of the Body and Blood of Christ", referring to the Roman Catholic sacrament of the Eucharist.
No, it was discovered in Sutter's Creek near Sacramento this started the California Gold Rush which brought many settlers out from the eastern United States to the western. San Francisco was the closest major port city.
Sacramento is in Sacramento Valley and Central Valley.
Sacramento is the correct spelling.
Sacramento is the capital city of California.
The name of the newspaper in Sacramento, California is The Sacramento Bee. Published daily since 1857, The Bee is Sacramento's largest newspaper, and the fifth largest in the state.