At Sacramento, the capital of California, one may spend a few days enjoying the soft air, the semi-tropical foliage, the orange and the olive and the palm, or perhaps getting a glimpse of Sutter’s Fort, notable in California history. It was to this point that John Marshall brought in January, 1848, the news, so soon to travel far and wide, of the discovery of gold in the millrace at Coloma. The fort is now a museum maintained by the orders of the Native Sons and Daughters of the Golden West. Here are stored reminiscences of the past; among them an old stage coach, riddled with bullets—placed there by ambitious highwaymen, and a prairie schooner with its old equipment reminds one of early overland history.
UP THE INCLINE OF THE CROOKEDEST RAILWAY IN THE WORLD—CLIMBING MOUNT TAMALPAIS
THE MISSION DOLORES, SAN FRANCISCO—ESTABLISHED 1776
THIS IS A LILY POND IN THE GROUNDS OF ONE OF OAKLAND’S FOREMOST RESIDENTS
ON THE FOOT-HILLS OF THE COAST RANGE IN OAKLAND, ACROSS THE BAY FROM SAN FRANCISCO, ARE MANY BEAUTIFUL HOMES—HERE IS ONE OF THEM
Sacramento is a modern city with many miles of electric railway and paved streets running out to suburban orange and olive groves in the attractive suburbs, and past the capitol building and surrounding park. In the Crocker art gallery, established more than thirty years ago by Judge E. B. Crocker and Mrs. Crocker is a notable collection of paintings well worth the time of inspection by the art connoisseur. In this gallery of seven hundred paintings, chiefly by foreign artists, are to be found some of the canvases of Van Dyck, Murillo, Guido Reni, Salvator Rosa, Correggio, Tintorretto, Leonardo da Vinci, Luini, Sir Peter Lely and others, and some fine examples from Piloty, Kaulbach, Thomas Hill and other modern masters. In addition, are many folios of inestimable value, containing original drawings from old and modern masters which were secured from the studios and collectors in Europe during the Franco-Prussian war. There is also exhibited in the building a large and valuable collection of minerals, in cabinets, the property of the state of California. The gallery is open every day.