Comments on: Better Know a Neighborhood: Sunriver Neighborhood http://www.ranchocordovapost.com/2010/02/01/better-know-a-neighborhood-sunriver-neighborhood/ Local News, Events, Things to Do Thu, 03 Feb 2011 01:31:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Larry Ladd http://www.ranchocordovapost.com/2010/02/01/better-know-a-neighborhood-sunriver-neighborhood/comment-page-1/#comment-5640 Larry Ladd Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:17:35 +0000 http://www.ranchocordovapost.com/?p=8270#comment-5640 Geographer's note: You can distinguish between the Jimmy Carter era (1978-1980) and the Reagan era (1981+) homes in Sunriver by the original roofs: Carter era is brown-asphalt shingle, while the roofs built when the Gipper was pumping federal $ into the local economy were cedar shake. The distribution of the older roofs give some indication of the level of home maintenance in various parts of the neighborhood. Prior to the late 1970s Sunriver was a group of mine tailings called the Citrus Ponds. Prior to 1964, when the Sunrise Bridge was built and Sunrise Boulevard came south of the river, the Ponds were the mouth of Buffalo Creek that carried Aerojet effluent into the American River. Prior to the early 1900s when the Citrus Ponds were originally dredged, Sunriver was an almond orchard owned by a James Beach. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~npmelton/sacbeac.htm One of Beach's almond trees still survives. Geographer’s note: You can distinguish between the Jimmy Carter era (1978-1980) and the Reagan era (1981+) homes in Sunriver by the original roofs: Carter era is brown-asphalt shingle, while the roofs built when the Gipper was pumping federal $ into the local economy were cedar shake. The distribution of the older roofs give some indication of the level of home maintenance in various parts of the neighborhood.

Prior to the late 1970s Sunriver was a group of mine tailings called the Citrus Ponds. Prior to 1964, when the Sunrise Bridge was built and Sunrise Boulevard came south of the river, the Ponds were the mouth of Buffalo Creek that carried Aerojet effluent into the American River. Prior to the early 1900s when the Citrus Ponds were originally dredged, Sunriver was an almond orchard owned by a James Beach.

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~npmelton/sacbeac.htm

One of Beach’s almond trees still survives.

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