SACRAMENTO
Sacramento County and the city of the same name, the state capital, situated near the center of the Great Valley, received their names from the river, which, following the usual custom of the Spaniards, was christened first, being named in honor of the Holy Sacrament.
Captain Moraga first gave the name of Jesús María to the main river, calling the branch Sacramento, but later the main stream became known as Sacramento, and the branch as El Río de las Plumas (the river of the feathers).