When it comes to Sacramento during the California Gold Rush, saloons and gambling parlors were a common place for entertainment and a potential place to increase one’s earnings from mining. With this, there were people who tried to cheat while playing. In this video, Aly discusses her favorite artifacts on display in one of our underground spaces only accessible on our underground tours. These cheater’s dice and where they were found during an excavation give a little insight into life in early

One Delicious Day in Sacramento

Sneak Peek: Sacramento County Fair

Happy “official” birthday, Sacramento! On February 27, 1850, Sacramento became an incorporated city in the territory of California. California, however, did not become a state until September 9, 1850. Sacramento City was founded along Sacramento River’s waterfront, where Old Sacramento is today, in December 1848 when John Sutter Jr. and Samuel Brannan hired Captain William H. Warner, Lieutenant William Tecumseh Sherman, and Lieutenant Edward O. Ord to survey the land from Sutter’s Fort to the Sa

While people throughout California made their way to the Sacramento Valley during the early days of the Gold Rush, across the continent on July 19. 1848, a group of 300 people met in Seneca Falls, New York to hold a convention. This convention was to discuss the “social, civil, and religious condition and rights of women." This was the first formal women’s rights convention to be held in the United States. Elizabeth Cady Stanton helped author the Declaration of Sentiments, which was modeled upon

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