American River Parkway
The American River Parkway is a 23-mile (37 km) parkway that runs along the American River throughout Sacramento County, California and consists of many smaller parks and boat launching points. It can be accessed by various exits off Highway 50 in Sacramento County.
Read more about American River Parkway: American River Parkway Foundation
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—For the State of Florida, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)
“This spirit it was which so early carried the French to the Great Lakes and the Mississippi on the north, and the Spaniard to the same river on the south. It was long before our frontiers reached their settlements in the West, and a voyageur or coureur de bois is still our conductor there.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)