Colonel James Cannon Zabriskie

Colonel J.C. Zabriskie arrived in Sacramento in 1849 and served as second magistrate to the original city government. Zabriskie was a well respected lawyer who purchased the north half block of T Street bounded by 21st and 22nd Streets, whereon he lived with his family until roughly 1860. In the years following the flood of 1850, Zabriskie advocated for the removal of earth from the high point of the ridge to fortify and build levees around the city, which led to the ridge also being referred to as “Zabriskie’s Ridge”.

Featured image: 1) Colonel James Cannon "J.C." Zabriskie.