Sacramento County
Location and history
Sacramento lies about 93mi/150km northeast of San Francisco on the U.S. 80, and has been the capital of the federal state of California since 1854. John A. Sutter founded the town in 1839, and named it after the nearby river. The old fortification known as Sutter's
Fort has been restored and is now a tourist attraction.
In the early fifties the town suffered from several floods as well as frequent fires. The old town (Old Sacramento), cheek by jowl with the Sacramento River, with plenty of shops and restaurants, was restored around 1980. In 1856 the first Californian railway was opened between Sacramento and Folsom, and was later connected to the Transcontinental Railway line running between the east and west coasts.
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