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Sacramento (California) / Stati Uniti d'America

Sacramento è una città statunitense, capoluogo della contea di Sacramento e capitale dello Stato della California. Secondo il censimento del 2018 la città aveva una popolazione totale di 501.334 abitanti. Fu fondata nel dicembre del 1848 da John Sutter Jr., a partire dal Forte Sutter, fondata dal padre, il capitano John Sutter, nel 1839. Durante la corsa all'oro, Sacramento era un punto di distribuzione, centro agricolo e commerciale, terminale per ferrovie, diligenze, trasporti fluviali, telegrafo, la Pony Express e la First Transcontinental Railroad. La città ha una superficie di circa 248 km², con una popolazione di 407.018 nel 2000 . Essa si trova alla confluenza del fiume Sacramento e dell'American River nella porzione settentrionale della California Central Valley, conosciuta come valle del Sacramento. Ha un porto con acque profonde collegate tramite un canale alla Baia di Suisun. È il centro ferroviario, di spedizione, manifatturiero e commerciale della valle di Sacramento, dove frutta, verdura, riso, farina e latticini vengono prodotti, si alleva il bestiame e l'industria alimentare è una delle principali attività. La città è dotata di un aeroporto internazionale, che gestisce voli verso il resto degli Stati Uniti e il Messico. Sacramento è situata circa 137 km a nord-est di San Francisco, sulla Interstate 80, 217 km a sud-ovest di Reno sulla Interstate 80 e 620 km a nord di Los Angeles sulla Interstate 5.

Crocker Art Museum

Sacramento (California) / Stati Uniti d'America

The Crocker Art Museum, formerly the E. B. Crocker Art Gallery, founded in 1885, is the oldest art museum west of the Mississippi River. Located in Sacramento, California, the Museum holds one of the state's premier collections of Californian art. The museum contains American works dating from the Gold Rush to the present, European paintings and master drawings, one of the largest international ceramics collections in the U.S., and collections of Asian, African, and Oceanic art.

California State Railroad Museum

Sacramento (California) / Stati Uniti d'America

The California State Railroad Museum is a museum in the state park system of California, United States, interpreting the role of the "iron horse" in connecting California to the rest of the nation. It is located in Old Sacramento at 111 I Street.As of August 4, 2020, the museum remains closed indefinitely, due to the Corona Virus pandemic. No projected date of re-opening has been released. The museum features 21 restored locomotives and railroad cars, some dating back to 1862. The "Sierra Scene" shows a large scale mockup of a construction scene high in the Sierra Nevada representing Donner Pass circa 1867, featuring the locomotive Gov. Stanford. Other exhibits show how the influence of railroads changed American society, influencing travel, commerce and daily life, as well as the lives of railroaders and the diversity of people who work on railroads. Changing exhibits featuring photography, ephemera, and artifacts from the museum's collection, add depth and incidental information to the overall story of railroad history. The Museum has an extensive educational program for elementary students from across the region to help them learn about railroad history using re-enactments, costumed docents, and including train and handcar rides. The roundhouse area of the museum features a rotating display of locomotives and equipment belonging to the museum. When not on display, these items are stored and worked on at the nearby Sacramento Railyards in the remaining buildings that were part of the original Southern Pacific Shop complex. A large 3-rail O-gauge model train layout is also located in the museum. Adjacent to the main museum building is a reconstruction of the 1870s-era Central Pacific Railroad passenger station and freight depot on Front Street, which houses historic and contemporary railroad equipment. In early 2011, the interior remained closed to public use, but is occasionally open for special events. Between April and October, the Sacramento Southern Railroad, operated by the museum, takes passengers on a 40-minute, 6-mile roundtrip route along the Sacramento River on a portion of the Walnut Grove branch of the former Southern Pacific Railroad. The Sacramento Southern Railroad owns the Walnut Grove Branch right-of-way that extends south from Sacramento along the eastern bank of the Sacramento River. A few miles of track were rebuilt along the levee near Freeport, California as part of a US Army Corps of Engineers project. The CSRRM hopes to one day have a longer excursion line, perhaps as far as Hood, California. At that location the railroad passengers could disembark the train and take a tourist steamboat back up the Sacramento River to Old Sacramento.