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Sacramento’s Fires, Floods, and Diseases in 1850
Many weird things have happened in California’s capitol, of Sacramento, most of which happened in 1850. There were fires, floods, and even a cholera epidemic!
Picture this- flames licking the sky in the city of Sacramento, California’s capital. This happened in 1850, and only a few of the buildings survived it. One of these was the Lady Adams, and it survived because it was made of brick and it had iron shutters, which kept the fire out. Most of the other buildings were burned down.
Now take a look at this- the sophisticated city of Sacramento submerged twelve feet underwater. This has happened, too, and it happened in 1850, just like the fire. People didn’t know what to do, until someone came up with the idea of building a levee, which is a giant wall of dirt on the edge of a river to keep it from overflowing, which would cause a flood. A few weeks later, a flood happened, and the levee took away a lot of damage. But there was still some damage, so someone came up with the idea of raising the entire city twelve feet. They did that by attaching jacks to the buildings and turning the knob on them, raising the buildings. The process was slow, though. One full turn of the knob raised a building a whole ½ inch; so naturally, it took seventeen years to raise all the buildings.
Now this- more than half of Sacramento’s population dead. This has also happened in 1850. There was a cholera epidemic thought to be brought over on a boat bringing the news that California had become a state. Also, all the doctors in Sacramento stayed and 1/3 of them died. People thought that Sacramento would never recover, but it did, just as strong as before.
The capitol of California has had many unusual things happen to it, such as the fires, floods, and diseases.

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I think the author of The Terrible Wave, Marden Dahlstedt, has a style of writing that is very descriptive and creative. In the book, a giant wave hits a town called Johnstown and destroyed nearly everything. This book has many descriptive words and phrases. For example, in chapter three, the main character, “ . . . dropped her face against the sodden mattress and wept harsh, bitter tears . . .” when the wave hit and made her land on a mattress that was floating around on some sticks. In chapter five, another character was a “ . . . very old man, frail and fine- boned like a small grey sea bird,” and in chapter six, a person has “ . . .enormous blue eyes.” Also in chapter six, the main character, “ . . . had never remembered a time when she had been so fiercely hungry as now” when the she made it to shelter and ate for the first time.
I like Marden Dahlstedt’s style of writing. It is very creative and descriptive.

The Most Important Part In California History By Brandon Belt
I think the most important event in California’s history was the War with Mexico. If that hadn’t happened, California wouldn’t have become part of the United States, and we would be speaking Spanish, and you wouldn’t understand this blog. Also, if the war didn’t happen, the United States would be really small and would lose 4 major states and part of three others, making only 46 states instead of 50.

The War with Mexico generated more change than any other event in California’s history. I think the biggest change the war generated was the change that made California part of the United States. That was big because if California didn’t become part of the United States, the United States population would be too small. Also, the United States president wanted to gain California for the wealth and opportunity they would get.

The most important event in California history was the war with Mexico. If that hadn’t happened, California would be completely different.

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