Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-06-18
THE CITY OF BOSTON.
Pioneer Rival of the City of sacra-
menfo.

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Some time since there appeared in
the RECORD UNION a history of the
rise and fall of Hoboken, a once
famous, but short-lived, city that stood
upon the banks of the American river, near
the present town of Brighton, and about
five miles from this city. For time it was
a rival of Sacramento as business point
| during one of the early floods Another
town was laid out in 1919, just north of the
mouth of the American river. which
shared the same fate as that of Hoboken.
1t was called Boston, and was described by
E. Gould Buffum in book which he pub
lished in 1850, as follows:
The city OF Boston is located on the
northern bank of the American river at
its junction with the Sacramento river,
about one hundred yards above the old
enibGrcadero, the site upon which the city
of Sacramento now stands. 1t extends
upon the banks of both rivers for several
miles, and is destined TO become great
and fiourishing city. The banks of the
Sacramento at that point are not subject to
overflow, being more than twelve feet in
many places above high-water mark The
town is situated on a broad and we'll
watered plain, covered with many groves
of magnificent oaks, and the largest class
of steamers and all vessels navigating the
Sacramento river can lie and dis
charge directly at its banks. Boston
has been surveyed by J. Halls, ESQ,
and Lieutenant Ringgold, U. S. n, and is
laid out in squares two hundred and forty
feet by three hundred and twenty feet,
subdivided each into eight building lots
eighty feet by one hundred and twenty
feet, with large public squares and reserva-
tiOns for sehool-houses, churches and pub
lie buildings. One of the peculiar adj
vantages of Boston is, that being located on
the northern bank of the American it is
not necessary in proceeding to the gold
mines to cross that river which is exceed
ingly high and rapid at some seasons of
the year. The direct and most-traveled
road proceeds from this point to the rich
placers OF the 1uba, Feather river, Bear
creek, and the North, Middle
and South Forks of the American
river. The soil is of the richest
description, the surrounding scenery
highly picturesque, and the plains in the
immediate vicinity are covered with wild
game of every variety which California
| affords. The title to the land is indisput-
able, coming by warranty deed from Cap
tain ]. a. Suffer to Eleab Grimes, Hiram
Grimes and John Sinclair, bearing date of
August 10, 1913. The present owner is
Hiram Grimes. Lots are selling rapidly
at from 800 to 81 GOO each, and before
many months the city of Boston, on the
golden banks Of the Rio Sacramento, will
rival its New England namesake in bust
ness and importance"
The above reads almost like fiction to
many, but its trutbfulness is vouched for
by pioneers, who remember the long rows
of white tents in the " Western Hub y in
! 1880. The site is now owned by Cox &
| Clark is uninhabitable for several months
in the year; is what is commonly called
the overflow; is where two young men
were drowned while out boating some
months ago. What has become of the
twelve-foot banks, above high water, the
magnificent groves, the fertile lands free
from overflow? Go ask the hydraulic