Sacramento's Greenhaven/Pocket Area (CA) (Images of America) [Paperback]

Carol Ann Gregory (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 28, 2001

The Greenhaven/Pocket community is located just southwest of downtown Sacramento. Geographically, its unique location is within a meandering bend of the Sacramento River, thus termed ìthe Pocketî because it is bounded by the Sacramento River to the north, west, and south. Captured here in over 180 vintage images are the sorrows and triumphs of the areaís earliest settlers, encompassing the continents of the world and spanning over a century. The Greenhaven/Pocket area was a rural farming community for 110 years before suburban development, with the most significant group of people contributing to the area's history and identity being Portuguese immigrants from the Azores Islands of Faial, Pico, Sao Jorge, and Terceira. They began arriving a few years after the Gold Rush and by 1880, almost half of the Portuguese population in Sacramento County was within these townships that encompassed and surrounded the Riverside/Pocket area. Pictured here is the evolution of this thriving community, from the earliest founding families and their sprawling ranches, to the Japanese settlement of World War I, and finally to the innovative Greenhaven 70 plan development in the 1960s that laid the foundation for today's community.

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About the Author

Using images from the collection of the Portuguese Historical and Cultural Society, author Carol Ann Gregory has created the first photographic history of this unique and historical California community.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (October 28, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 073851909X
• ISBN-13: 978-0738519098
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 7.1 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,536,278 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)