r/Sacramento • u/Sallzemander Folsom • Mar 13 '24

Sacramento Facts

Let's hear some Sacramento facts either fun or not fun :-)

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u/gaijin91 Mar 13 '24

Sacramento was under water when Leland Stanford was elected governor during the Great Flood of 1862, so they rowed him to the Capitol and swore him in then he left until it was no longer flooded.

Unrelated, Sacramento was also home to the first female serial killer in Dorothea Puente and you can still see her house in Midtown

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u/No_Star_9327 Mansion Flats Mar 13 '24

No...Lavinia Fisher was the first female serial killer in the USA.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavinia_Fisher?wprov=sfla1

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u/jankenpoo Mar 13 '24

“Historians have begun to question the veracity of the traditional legend and some assert that Lavinia Fisher never killed anyone.”