Trivia: Which state capital was raised 10 feet from its original foundation?
Little Rock, Arkansas
Denver, Colorado
Jefferson City, Missouri
Sacramento, California
The correct answer is Sacramento, California
So why is this answer correct? : Sacramento sits 30 feet above sea level today, but that wasn’t always the case. In the 1860s, the original section of the flood-prone California state capital was raised 10 feet to its current elevation by abandoning the ground floors of multi-story buildings and constructing sidewalks at the first-floor level. You can see the only remaining section of the city’s original level in the sunken courtyard at the Old Sacramento tourist shopping center.