the Sacramento Murals - 1957
The Sears introduction pamphlet from 1957 tells the story of these murals, detailed below the photos to show the historical references of these intriguing panels, taken from the original pamphlet.
John Augustus Sutter [1]
Sailing up the Sacramento River [2] [3]
All were welcome in the New Helvetia [4] [5] [6] [7]
The Gold Rush [8] [9]
[10] [11] Living was riotous [12] [13] [14]
John Studebaker dreamed of a horseless carriage [15] [16]
Oxcarts were used for travel [16] [17]
Pony Express in 1860 [18] Stagecoaches [19]
Union Pacific railroad joining East to West [20] [21]
California State fair and 4H [22]
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Agriculture - rice and lumber [25] [26] [27]
Institutions of learning [28]
Aeronautics and the Arts [29]
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[33]
Water sports [34]
Racing and leisure activities became popular [35]
Majestic Yosemite and treasured Tahoe [36]
John StudebakerSutter and the Fort - The year was 1839 as the immigrant Swiss soldier, Captain John Augustus Sutter, [1] sailed slowly up the Sacramento [2] and American rivers on 50,000 acres granted him by the Mexican Government. [3] Wheat was raised and milled, furs trapped and traded and cattle grazed by Indian subjects. [4] All were welcome to new Helvetia, especially migrants from the States. [5] It was Sutter who rescued survivors the ill-fated Donner party, [6] fed them and cared for them, and who furnished provisions, fresh horses and even new uniforms for United States Army survey troops. [7]
James Marshall Starts the Gold Rush - From the tailrace of the sawmill he was building for Sutter at Coloma , the carpenter, James Marshall, early in 1848 picked up a nugget of gold. News of his discovery leaked out to the world.[8] There then exploded the maddest rush of omnifarious humans the nation has ever known. [9] Living was riotous. [12] A drink of whiskey sold for a pinch of gold dust, so bartenders were hired by the size of their hands. [13] Disease ran rampant. [14] Still a steady stream of wealth-hungry settlers overflowed the land once held by rancheros. [11] California was admitted into the Union in 1850 and Sacramento became its Capital four years later. [10]
Transportation and Communication - While forging horseshoes and building wheelbarrows for gold-seekers, John Studebaker dreamed of a horseless carriage. [15] The crude oxcart [16] gave way to the stagecoach [19] and in 1856 Sacramento became the terminus of the railway in California. In 1860 came the Pony Express. [18] Soon after came the trans-continental telegraph. [21] But transportation's biggest boon came when four storekeepers, Huntington, Hopkins, Crocker and Stanford, pooled their resources to form the Central Pacific railroad, joining East to West. [20] By 1911 ocean-going vessels were plying the newly dredges Sacramento. [17]
Agriculture and Industry - Come to the California State Fair [22] where bowers and flowers bloom in arrangements of breath taking beauty, where Future Farmers and 4-H boys and girls show their prize stock and poultry. Look upon the rich Sacramento Valley's fruit and grain. [23] Learn of her hop limns and rice mills. [25] For this is America's heaviest rice producing area, [26] made possible only by irrigation and flood control through Folsom and Shasta Dams. [24] Produced annually from the lush, timbered slopes near-by are hundreds of thousands of board feet of fur, pine and redwood. [27]
Sacramento Culture - Of infinitely more value than all the fine gold that tester-years prospectors took form her neighboring hills are Sacramento's character-building institutions of learning. [28] Through elementary an secondary schools the highest standards of excellence, on into Sacramento Junior College, State College and at the Davis campus of the University of California, instruction is given in all the achedemic subjects, agriculture and homemaking, aeronautics and the arts. [29] The city's statliness is emphasized by its myriad of state buildings and by the grandeur of the Capitol. [30] Famous cultural landmarks are the State Library, Crocker Art Gallery [31] and Memorial Auditorium. [32]
Land of Pleasure - The gracious hospitality that Sutter served up to the early settlers still abounds in modern-day Sacramento-land, making it a truly wondrous area to live in or visit. [33] Old side-wheelers continue to carry holiday throngs up and down the rivers. Every sport for spectator and participant, has its facilities. Water skiing, speed-boating, yachting and the finest of fishing are abundantly enjoyed. [34] There are snow sports, swimming, golfing, rodeo and racing. [35] And close by, the sovereign Sierras, majestic Yosemite and treasured Tahoe provide a paradise for campers, picnickers and camera devotees. [36] That is the panoramic picture that the murals paint, in colors vast and vivid, in action bold and dramatic, from 1839 to the present, of storied Sacramento.
[Original Sears introduction pamphlet - 1957]
James Marshall Starts the Gold Rush - From the tailrace of the sawmill he was building for Sutter at Coloma , the carpenter, James Marshall, early in 1848 picked up a nugget of gold. News of his discovery leaked out to the world.[8] There then exploded the maddest rush of omnifarious humans the nation has ever known. [9] Living was riotous. [12] A drink of whiskey sold for a pinch of gold dust, so bartenders were hired by the size of their hands. [13] Disease ran rampant. [14] Still a steady stream of wealth-hungry settlers overflowed the land once held by rancheros. [11] California was admitted into the Union in 1850 and Sacramento became its Capital four years later. [10]
Transportation and Communication - While forging horseshoes and building wheelbarrows for gold-seekers, John Studebaker dreamed of a horseless carriage. [15] The crude oxcart [16] gave way to the stagecoach [19] and in 1856 Sacramento became the terminus of the railway in California. In 1860 came the Pony Express. [18] Soon after came the trans-continental telegraph. [21] But transportation's biggest boon came when four storekeepers, Huntington, Hopkins, Crocker and Stanford, pooled their resources to form the Central Pacific railroad, joining East to West. [20] By 1911 ocean-going vessels were plying the newly dredges Sacramento. [17]
Agriculture and Industry - Come to the California State Fair [22] where bowers and flowers bloom in arrangements of breath taking beauty, where Future Farmers and 4-H boys and girls show their prize stock and poultry. Look upon the rich Sacramento Valley's fruit and grain. [23] Learn of her hop limns and rice mills. [25] For this is America's heaviest rice producing area, [26] made possible only by irrigation and flood control through Folsom and Shasta Dams. [24] Produced annually from the lush, timbered slopes near-by are hundreds of thousands of board feet of fur, pine and redwood. [27]
Sacramento Culture - Of infinitely more value than all the fine gold that tester-years prospectors took form her neighboring hills are Sacramento's character-building institutions of learning. [28] Through elementary an secondary schools the highest standards of excellence, on into Sacramento Junior College, State College and at the Davis campus of the University of California, instruction is given in all the achedemic subjects, agriculture and homemaking, aeronautics and the arts. [29] The city's statliness is emphasized by its myriad of state buildings and by the grandeur of the Capitol. [30] Famous cultural landmarks are the State Library, Crocker Art Gallery [31] and Memorial Auditorium. [32]
Land of Pleasure - The gracious hospitality that Sutter served up to the early settlers still abounds in modern-day Sacramento-land, making it a truly wondrous area to live in or visit. [33] Old side-wheelers continue to carry holiday throngs up and down the rivers. Every sport for spectator and participant, has its facilities. Water skiing, speed-boating, yachting and the finest of fishing are abundantly enjoyed. [34] There are snow sports, swimming, golfing, rodeo and racing. [35] And close by, the sovereign Sierras, majestic Yosemite and treasured Tahoe provide a paradise for campers, picnickers and camera devotees. [36] That is the panoramic picture that the murals paint, in colors vast and vivid, in action bold and dramatic, from 1839 to the present, of storied Sacramento.
[Original Sears introduction pamphlet - 1957]
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