SACRAMENTO – On the Derivation and Definition of the Names …
Daily Alta California, Volume 1, Number 104, 30 April 1850 REPORT FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE On the Derivation and Definition of the Names of the several Counties of the State of California, &c. SACRAMENTO. — Signifies Sacrament, or Lord’s Supper. The streams known as Feather and Sacramento rivers, were first respectively named by Lieutenant Moraga … [Read more…]