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Old Sacramento

Recently we visited Old Sacramento.  Old Sacramento?  What is that?  Well, back in the 60’s after the Interstate 5 freeway was built there was an area of about six square blocks that were cut off from the rest of the city.  Back in those days this area was overrun with street drunks and other undesirable characters.  Somebody came up with an idea.  “Hey, why don’t we clean that area up and restore it to look like it did during the gold rush days back in the 1800’s?”   Fortunately most of the original buildings were still there and now we can see the results.  Old Sacramento is now a part of the California State Parks system.

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