| The Sacramento Mountains checkerspot butterfly has a wingspan of approximately 2 inches. |
| Highway 20 lingers for about 75 miles in the Sacramento Valley, passing the twin cities of Marysville and Yuba City. |
| In January 1848, a work crew at John Sutter's mill, near Sacramento, California, came across a few select nuggets of gold. |
| Rice also thrives in the climate, and yields in the Sacramento Valley are the highest in the world. |
| Parked in the Sacramento River is the sternwheeler Delta King, twin of the Mississippi's Delta Queen. |
| What was leisurely at the start of the day, though, would become a slummy, sweaty, altogether unflattering affair in the Sacramento sun. |
