# @sachistorymuseum on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Dct-zzZScaZ
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/70027776-sachistorymuseum-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-08-31T20:49:38.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Sacramento History Museum (@sachistorymuseum) — https://gondola.cc/sachistorymuseum

## Caption

On August 31, 1851, the “Flying Cloud” clipper ship arrived in San Francisco, California. The clipper left New York on June 2nd, traveled around the southern tip of South America (Cape Horn), and arrived in San Francisco 89 days and 21 hours later, setting a world record. Although Josiah Perkins Creesy is credited with captaining the ship, his wife, Eleanor Creesy, helped chart the voyage.

The Flying Cloud beat its own record (by 13 hours) 3 years later, but the record was not broken again until 1989. During the early days of the Gold Rush (and travel by ship before 1849), a typical voyage for that route would take 4-6 months.

Advertisement for the arrival of the Flying Cloud ship from the Sacramento Daily Union newspaper, published on September 9, 1851.

#OnThisDay #TodayInHistory #Sacramento #sanfrancisco #sachistorymuseum

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