Headquarters of the "Big Four"

Headquarters of the "Big Four" is a California Historical Landmark in Sacramento County.

Old Sacramento State Historic Park · location approximate

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(This landmark number has been retired and this landmark site is now included as part of the registration of Old Sacramento, Landmark No. 812.)

1971 register text, presented as a historical document. It uses the period's terms for Native people; the state's landmark listings still carry most of this wording, and the California Office of Historic Preservation maintains the program's current texts.

Many of these plaques have since been recast or their texts revised. The California Historical Landmarks program and its current texts are maintained by the California Office of Historic Preservation. California Office of Historic Preservation ↗

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Historical maps covering this location

1848 · Gold And Quicksilver District Of California, 1848 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1865 · The Central Part of the State of California. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1869 · Map Showing California Pacific Rail Road Extension (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1871 · Bancroft's New Map Of Central California. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1945 · Map of Sacramento (Internet Archive)

Map Showing California Pacific Rail Road Extension, 1869, covering the location of Headquarters of the "Big Four", with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Map Showing California Pacific Rail Road Extension, 1869, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours and the location is approximate.

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Marker data: State of California, Department of Parks and Recreation, California Historical Landmarks (1971)

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