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A Map and Record Investigation of HISTORICAL SITES AND SHIPWRECKS ALONG THE SACRAMENTO RIVER Between Sacramento City and Sherman Island I I • c.a ';'_r,J.,nfro jf1Ov,~,.. rf ../ Hf: ~ ,Mt:JSH'" v, A Map and Record Investigation of HISTORICAL SITES AND SHIPWRECKS ALONG THE SACRAMENTO RIVER Between Sacramento City and Sherman Island Prepared by Land Location and Boundary Section on the staff of the California State Lands Commission This report was approved for distribution by the Commission on August 10, 1988 • I I LEGISLATIVE CHARGE • As pan of the 1985/86 budget, the State Lands Commission was requested to locate, document, and investigate the significant ships and anifacls from California's rich historical heritage along the Sacramento River. In general, we were charged with: • Inventorying, mapping, and cataloging all known points of historical significance along the River, including ports, wharves, piers villages, and ship sinkings. • Preparing costS estimates for an electronic survey using magnetometers, side· scan sonars, and sub-bottom profilers for the purpose of locating historic ships and artifacts. • Preparing cost estimates of a program of field verification of selected locations. • Considering contracting all or pan of the study with "outside entities" and shall consider contracting for consulting services with the State Historic Preservation Office. An exact copy of the authorizing budget item is included in this I repon. See the table of contents for the page. I J I I ii I ROSTER OF STAFF WHO C01\TRIBUTED I . TO THIS REPORT I This report ha, no single aurhor. An entire Boundary Unit in the Land Locauon and Boundary Section shared the work and collaborated on what we hope is an interesting and informative report. I Kristin Baldwin I Frank Carey Denise Cassidy I Doris Crum Nancy Duncan I Joe Dwyer Jeanne Gunther I Walter Kunnecke Deborah Leslie Michael Miller I Roy Minnick Carlos Najera I Jeff O'Connor ens Perez I Alicia Pin Ann Robinson • I Kathy Ross F. D. Uzes Jane Wegge I William Young Edward Zimmerman I Consultants to Staff: I Howard P. Goldfried - Professor of Anthropology, CSUS Thomas ;.J'ugent -Consultant. Diving and Underwater Search Systems I , I ill 1 I I T ABLE OF CONTE:"TS I Chapter 1 A,H1!;TORICAL OVERVIEW OF THE SACRAMDITO RIVER AND DELTA, I The Ethnohislory. History. and Historical Archaeology of the Lower Sacramento River by Howard P. Goldfried. 3 I THE NATIVE AMERICANS. 4 The Effects of the Spanish Missions 5 Native American Use of the Lower Sacramento River. 7 I THE PERIOD OF EXPlORAT lON 8 THE GOLD RUSH ERA 10 Setllement Nong the Lower Sacramento River. 12 The Sacramento Valley Railroad and Freeport. 13 I nSlick:ens~ and the Lower Sacramento River. 14 THE RAll.ROAD AND THE RlVER 15 LANDINGS, AGRICULTURE, AND THE RrvER 16 I RECOtvUoAEl'o'DATIONS FOR FURTHER WORK 17 ADVA.!'oiAGES OF EXCAVATIONS OF THESE SUNKEN SHIPS 18 smuOGRAPHY 21 I Chapter 2 SHIPPING ON THE SACRAMENTO RIVER I STEAMBOATS 25 SUNKEN VESSEL LIST 45 SHWWRECKS IN THE SACRAMENTO RIVER I BETWEEN SACRAMENTO AND SHERMAN 15LAt'lD 109 CUL 11JRAL DEVELOPMENT LIST 119 Chapter 3 SURVEY ESTIMATES I ELECTRONIC SURVEY 129 Introduction 129 I Objectives of Electronic Survey 129 Objective of Mapping 129 PROPOSED ELECTRONIC SUR VEY I AND MAPPING OPERA nONS J35 Preliminary Activities 135 Electronic Survey Operation J35 I Mapping Operalions J37 I v I I
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