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The Delta as Cultural Region
I am on a mission to convince you that the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta is a cultural treasure. Many have argued for its significance as a habitat and as a transfer point for water. Others notice its importance for native peoples, for the development of agriculture, for immigrant populations
Imagining the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta
…10,000 years ago, before the earth last melted, the Farallones formed the cold coastline of the Pacific and the Fabled City was but a depression of sand and grass. Nearly yearlong gusts swept sand from the sea to the valleys— as miles and miles of frigid dunes formed far, far inland. Then slowly the sun warmed to an epoch of eternal Spring on California’s north coast.
Machines, New Crops, and Immigrants
Dredge Atlas, was crewed by members of the Dutra family from 1892-1896 (1) The gold fever, which motivated travel to Sacramento and Stockton after 1849, began to wane by 1860 as placer mining took hold. The individual miner traveling to the gold field to pan for gold was replaced by sluice boxes and flumes. Their construction required capital and the result was rivers running red with slit.
Visionaries and Miners
Traveling the Delta rivers did, of course, have their dangers. Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain), writing for the San Francisco Call, covered a “terrible calamity” off Rio Vista when the boilers of the Washoe exploded killing ninety or more. He found, however, a hero in Captain Kidd… Legend of Monte Diablo (1) Bret Harte captured the transition from native and Spanish California to rancheros and the rush for gold in a short story set on Monte Diablo (2).
Mount Diablo and the Delta as Place, part 1 of 5
The Native American and Spanish Views It has been estimated that the Sacramento San Joaquin Delta region has been continuously inhabited between 10,000 to 13,000 years. (1) The language groups that lived there (the Miwok, the Yokut, and the Ohlone) settled along the rivers and managed abundant flora and fauna. They lived in small hamlets, but were in active communication with each other despite different dialects and core languages.
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