Old Sacramento
- Also Known As: Old Sacramento Historic District
- Also Known As: Old Sacramento SHP
- Address: Front and 2nd Sts
- Vicinity: Jcts of US 40, 50, 99, and CA 16 and 24
Situated on the lower Sacramento River, Sacramento's river port emerged in 1849-50 after the discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill, in Coloma, in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Sacramento then became the terminus for the Pony Express, the first transcontinental railroad and the transcontinental telegraph. A large number of buildings dating from the 1850s to the 1880s remain in the original business district. - NPS