SACRAMENTO HISTORIC CITY CEMETERY

CALIFORNIA HISTORICAL LANDMARK NO. 566

Marked by Historic Landmark Commission

Erected by Southside Improvement Club

Marker erected May 22, 1955 at Broadway and 10^th Streets

Wording: City Cemetery – Capt. John A. Sutter donated the original 10 acres to the City of Sacramento, November 28, 1849.

Resting place of California pioneers, this cemetery was established in 1850. Many of the victims of the cholera epidemic of that year are buried here. Included among the graves of illustrious Californians are those of Governors John Bigler, Newton Booth, and William Irwin; General George Wright, hero of the Mexican War; Mark Hopkins, co-builder of the Central Pacific Railroad; General Albert Winn, founder of the Native Sons of the Golden West; Hardin Bigelow, first mayor of Sacramento; William S. Hamilton, son of Alexander Hamilton; E. B. Crocker, founder of the Crocker Art Gallery; and Reverend O. C. Wheeler, organizer in 1850 of the First Baptist Church.

From: California Historical Landmark, Publication

of the State of California –Resources Agency