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Flooding in Downtown Sacramento, c. 1862
Photographer Unknown
Courtesy Center for Sacramento History, Sacramento Bee Collection, 1983/001/03955.
During the Great Flood of 1861-1862, 10 feet of brown, debris-laden water covered the city of Sacramento. Here, the water level is only a few feet away from the second floor balconies of many buildings.