California State Railroad Museum

Sacramento History Museum is the only museum devoted to Sacramento, California and California Gold Rush history. It is located at 101 I Street in Old Sacramento. Just west of the museum is the Sacramento River and both the Tower Bridge and the I Street Bridge are visible from the museum. The building itself is a replica of Sacramento's 1854 City Hall and Waterworks building, showcased in natural brick with two stories of 14 foot double doors across the front. Exhibit themes include the Gold Rush and mining, Nisenan & Maidu Indian Nations, fur trapping, agriculture, and cultural heritage.

The Eagle Theatre in Gold Rush-era Sacramento was the first permanent theatre to be built in the state of California. Established in 1849 this relatively small structure was originally wood-framed and canvas-covered with a tin roof and a packed earth floor. The theatre was flooded on Jan 4, 1850. Located at 925 Front Street, it was one of the earliest structures in the new city. It featured many different types of entertainment for a rough crowd of wild west pioneers and gold miners from the small but rapidly growing area. Tickets to the theater could be obtained at a nearby saloon for two dollars and three dollars, most likely the Round Tent Saloon then located just to the south of the theatre.Today the theatre is owned by California Department of Parks and Recreation and is administered by the California State Railroad Museum as part of the Old Sacramento State Historic Park.

. Sam Brannan House, also called the Vernon-Brannan House, Jones Hotel and Vernon House is a 1853 historical building in Sacramento, California. The building is a California Historical Landmark No. 604 listed on May 22, 1957. The three-story brick Sam Brannan House is at 112 J Street, Sacramento in Old Sacramento State Historic Park.

Booth Company Building is historical building in Sacramento, California. The Booth Company Building is a California Historical Landmark No. 607. The Booth Company Building Building is located at 1019–1021 Front Street in Old Sacramento State Historic Park. Booth Company was opened by lawyer Newton Booth as wholesale grocery store and general store. Booth has a platform built on the roof of the building. With the platform he had empployees signal ships coming into Port of Sacramento, so he could get a jump ahead of his competitors in buying goods for his store. A historical plaque was placed in front of the Booth Company by the Native Sons of the Golden West.Newton Booth (1825–1892) became a politician, he became 11th Governor of California from December 8, 1871, to February 27, 1875. Then an United States Senator from California from March 4, 1875, to March 3, 1881. Booth's Inaugural Ball as governor of California was held in the ballroom on the second floor of the Booth Company Building. The Booth Company Building was used as the Booth's Governor's Mansion. The next Governor's Mansion is now the Governor's Mansion State Historic Park. After serving in United States Congress, he returned to his wholesale store in Sacramento. Part of the Building was rented to George W. Chesley also a wholesale grocer till 1891.

Mills Bank Building, also called the D. O. Mills Bank Building, is a historical bank in Sacramento, California built in 1852 in Old Sacramento. The Mills Bank Building is a California Historical Landmark No. 609, registered on May 22, 1957. The Mills Bank was built by Darius Ogden Mills was the oldest and largest banks of early California.

Pioneer Telegraph Station, is historical building in Sacramento, California. The building is a California Historical Landmark No. 366 listed on October 9, 1939. From 1863 to 1868 the building housed the State Telegraph Company. From 1868 to 1915 the building housed the Union Telegraph Company. The Pioneer Telegraph Station Building is part of the Old Sacramento State Historic Park. The Pioneer Telegraph Station Building is sometimes confused with the Pony Express Terminal building, also in Old Sacramento State Historic Park.

Adams and Company Building is historical brick building in Sacramento, California used for pioneer communications, finance and transportation servies. The Adams and Company Building is a California Historical Landmark No. 607. The Adams and Company Building is located at 1014 2nd Street in Old Sacramento State Historic Park. Adams and Company closed after its bank, Page, Bacon & Company failed in 1855.The Adams and Company Building has been used for: Adams and Company's express and banking house from 1853 to 1855. Alta Telegraph Company California State Telegraph Company Pacific Express Company, founded on March 1, 1855, by former Adams and Company employees, closed in 1857. California Stage Company Sacramento City Bank 1850 John M. Rhodes bank (Rhodes, Sturges & Co), with Shasta brach, failed Feb 12, 1857. Wells Fargo & Co. offices in the 1850s Central Overland Pony Express Office in 1861 State Telephone Company Western Union Old Sac Leather Works, current founded in 1983.

The Pony Express Terminal, also known as the B. F. Hastings Bank Building, is a historic commercial building at 1000 2nd Street in Sacramento, California. Built in 1852, it was the western endpoint of the Pony Express from 1860 to 1861, the period of the service's operation. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1966. It now houses a museum dedicated to the history of Wells Fargo, and is part of Old Sacramento State Historic Park, itself a National Historic Landmark District.

The Orleans Hotel is a building listed as a California Historical Landmark. Formerly a prominent hotel in Sacramento, California, it now serves as upscale apartments in Old Sacramento.

Prairie City was a gold-mining community that once sat on the American River in the Sierra Nevada foothills, near present-day Folsom in Sacramento County, California, near Prairie City Road, Sacramento. The mining village was first announced in June 1853 in the Sacramento Daily Union. A July article mentions that the city has about 1500 inhabitants. What was left of the town is believed to be covered in river rocks, from gold dredging of the American River in the early 1900s. When construction was being performed for the freeway on-ramp near an Intel building, a few bodies were unearthed during construction. Though the names of these people are unknown, it is assumed they were Prairie City residents. Their skeletal remains were re-buried in the Mormon Island relocation cemetery, south of Folsom Lake.

Old Sacramento State Historic Park occupies around one third of the property within the Old Sacramento Historic District of Sacramento, California. The Old Sacramento Historic District is a U.S. National Historic Landmark District. The Historic District is sometimes abbreviated as Old Sacramento, or Old Sac, and since the 1960s has been restored and developed as a significant tourist attraction.

The Big Four Building is a historic 19th-century building in Downtown Sacramento, California. It is now located within Old Sacramento State Historic Park and the Old Sacramento National Historic District.