Sacramento, California

:For other places with the same name, see Sacramento.

Culture

The primary newspaper is The Sacramento Bee, founded in 1857. Its rival, the Sacramento Union, started publishing six years earlier in 1851. Before it closed its doors in 1994, the Union was the oldest daily newspaper west of the Mississippi. Writer and journalist Mark Twain worked at the Union in 1866. In late 2004 the Sacramento Union returned with bimonthly magazines and in May 2005 began monthly publication, but does not intend to return as a daily newspaper.

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The Sacramento Bee - 1857 - Sacramento Union - 1851 - 1994 - Mississippi - Mark Twain - 1866 - 2004 - 2005

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The oldest part of the town besides Sutter's Fort is Old Sacramento. Located between J and L streets, and between Interstate 5 and the Sacramento River, the Old Sacramento State Historic Park consists of cobbled streets and some historic buildings, some from the 1860s. Buildings have been preserved, restored or reconstructed, and the district is now a substantial tourist attraction, with rides on steam-hauled historic trains and paddle steamers.

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Interstate 5 - Old Sacramento State Historic Park - 1860s - Paddle steamer

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The "Big Four Building", built in 1852, was home to the offices of Collis Huntington, Mark Hopkins, Leland Stanford, and Charles Crocker. The Central Pacific Railroad and Southern Pacific Railroad were founded there. The original building was destroyed in 1963 for the construction of Interstate 5, but was re-created using original elements in 1965. It is now a National Historic Landmark.

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1852 - Collis Huntington - Mark Hopkins - Leland Stanford - Charles Crocker - Central Pacific Railroad - Southern Pacific Railroad - 1965 - National Historic Landmark

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Sacramento has a reputation as a center for Dixieland jazz, because of the Sacramento Jazz Jubilee which is held every Memorial Day weekend.

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Dixieland - Sacramento Jazz Jubilee - Memorial Day

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Sports and recreation

Sacramento hosts two professional basketball teams: the Sacramento Kings (NBA) and the Sacramento Monarchs (WNBA). In addition, Sacramento also has a minor league baseball team called the Sacramento River Cats (affiliate of the Oakland Athletics). In the past, the city hosted two professional football teams, the Sacramento Surge of the WLAF and the Sacramento Gold Miners of the CFL. At one time, it was also home to an indoor soccer team, the Sacramento Knights of the CISL and later WISL. The Sacramento Solons, a Pacific Coast League professional baseball team, played in Sacramento from 1903 - 1961 (originally the Sacramento Senators, they changed their name in 1935).

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Sacramento Kings - NBA - Sacramento Monarchs - WNBA - Minor league baseball - Sacramento River Cats - Oakland Athletics - WLAF - Sacramento Gold Miners - CFL - Indoor soccer - CISL - WISL - Sacramento Solons - Pacific Coast League - 1903 - 1961 - 1935

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The California State Fair is held in Sacramento each year at the end of the summer, ending on Labor Day. Over one million people attended this fair in 2001.

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California State Fair - Labor Day

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Notable residents

See also: Sacramento writers, Sacramento sports figures, Sacramento entertainers, Sacramento criminals

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Sacramento writers - Sacramento sports figures - Sacramento entertainers - Sacramento criminals

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Notable people with ties to Sacramento include the renowned painter Wayne Thiebaud,double-Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Michael Williamson, astronaut Stephen Robinson, U.S. Supreme Court justice Anthony Kennedy, and serial killer Dorothea Puente. In additon to Huntington, Hopkins, Stanford, and Crocker, the city's more successful entrepreneurs have included Russ Solomon (Tower Records) and Sherwood "Shakey" Johnson (Shakey's Pizza).

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Wayne Thiebaud - Michael Williamson - Stephen Robinson - Anthony Kennedy - Dorothea Puente - Tower Records - Shakey's Pizza

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For a city of its size and relatively short history, Sacramento has been associated with quite a few notable writers. Some, such as Joan Didion, have had deep personal and family roots in the area. Others, such as Twain and novelist Pete Dexter had more transitory associations with the place.

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Joan Didion - Pete Dexter

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