Railtown 1897
Jamestown, United States
Location of general offices and maintenance shops for the Sierra Railroad, 1897 1955. Steam passenger excursion trains operated, 1971 1979. The railroad served many Mother Lode mines and was a trunk line for the Sugar Pine (Pickering), West side, and Hetch-Hetchy Railroads. It played a vital role in hauling materials and supplies used to build the Don Pedro, Melones, O’Shaughnessy, and Tri-Dam Projects. The State Historic Resources Commission unanimously voted Rail town 1897 and the 56-mile Sierra Railroad eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places, August 7, 1981. Gov. Edmund G. Brown, Jr. approved the appropriation and the following members of the legislature sponsored Assembly Concurrent Resolution 56 (April, 1981) which directed Rail town 1897 be acquired as a unit of the State Park System.Assembly persons Art Agnos • Richard Alatorre • William Baker • Tom Bane • Tom Bates • Marian Bergesen • Howard Berman • Douglas H. Bosco • Willie L. Brown, Jr. • Robert Campbell • Dominic L. Cortese • Jim Costa • Jim Cramer • Wadie Deddeh • Gordon Duffy • Dave Elder • Sam Farr • Gerald N. Felando • Richard E. Floyd • William Filante • Robert C. Frazee • Terry Goggin • Leroy F. Greene • Tom Hannigan • Elihu M. Harris • Wally Harger • Teresa Hughes • Patrick Johnston • Lawrence Kapiloff • Richard Katz • David G. Kelley • Marian Lafollette • Bill Lancaster • Richard Lehman • William Leonard • Bill Lockyer • Matthew G. Martinez • Alister McAlister • Leo T. McCarthy • Jean Moorhead Louis J. Papan • Mike Roos • Herschel Rosenthal • Marilyn Ryan • Byron Sher • Stan Statham • Larry Stirling • Sally Tanner • John E. Thurman • Art Torres • Curtis Tucker • Frank Vicencia • Maxine Waters • Norman S. Waters • Chester B. Wray • Cathie Wright • Bruce Young Senators Ruben S. Ayala • Daniel E. Boatwright • Paul Carpenter • Jim Ellis • John Garamendi • Ray Johnson • Barry Keene • Henry Mello • Jim Nielson Alan Robbins The first President of Friends of the Sierra Railroad, Stanley F. Cassasa (1912 1981) and Legislative Lobbyist Marie (Sandy) Green (1930 1981) are honored for dedication to preservation of Rail town 1897 and the railroading era represented.