Sacramento Wedding

Sacramento is the state capital of California and the county seat of Sacramento County. Located in California's Central Valley, it is the seventh largest city in California. The city proper is home to about 450,000 residents, and is the core of its five-county metropolitan area (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, Sutter, Yolo Counties) of 2.5 million people. The Sacramento metro area is the fourth most populous in California, behind the Los Angeles-Orange County area, the San Francisco Bay Area, and the San Diego area.

Sacramento was founded in December 1848 by John Sutter. Sacramento grew from Sutter's Fort, which was established by Sutter in 1839. During the gold rush, Sacramento was a major distribution point, a commercial and agricultural center, and a terminus for wagon trains, stagecoaches, riverboats, the telegraph, the Pony Express and the First Transcontinental Railroad.