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Ch. 4: Death Valley Trail

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The northern mining dis­tricts attracted the bulk of the first Forty-Niners. Later com­ers set out, as a rule, for the central and southern districts.
Sacramento City was the focal point for the northern re­gion. It was an exciting sprawl of shops, auction rooms, gam­bling houses and saloons at the junction of the American and Sacramento Rivers. "The main streets and the levee fronting on the Embarcadero were constantly thronged with the teams of emigrants coming in from the mountains. Their tents were pitched by hundreds in the thickets around town."
One of these tent encampments is seen above. The view of Sacramento City below shows the Eagle Theatre at the right. For its opening in the fall of 1849, "The Bandit Chief" was offered. The heroine had a strong Cockney accent and the orchestra, in the words of one who was there, consisted of "a fiddle, a very cheezy flageolet played by a gentleman with one eye, a big drum and a triangle— "
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