Living History Activities
Living History Activities
• Experience living history with governors from California’s past, including Leland Stanford, plus appearances by contemporaries such as John Muir
• Celebrate California’s cultural diversity through a variety of live performances and authentic foods
• Play 19th century children’s games
• Take a ride on a scale model steam train or a horse-drawn vehicle, and marvel at a full-sized steam locomotive
• Learn about the historic Underground Railroad, find out how archeologists work, or see an array of 19th century bicycles—all these and more will be among the many exhibits on display
When: September 9, 10 and 11, 2005 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Where: 8th & O Streets, immediately west of
Stanford Mansion in Downtown Sacramento
Cost: Free
Union Army Camp
Military Drills
General Wright Troop Review
Union Army Recruitment
Buffalo Soldiers
US Army Soldiers
Bodie Consolidated Mine
Empire Gold Mine
Sibley Gambling Tent
Carpenter and Tom Shop
Exchange House (Gold Coins to Paper Money)
Gold Grease Salesman
Doctor's Office
Smith & Stanford Dry Goods
Empire Saloon
Poll Tax
Free Drinks for Vote
Bowling
Suffragettes
Irish Women's Laundry
Tinsmith
Italian Wine Workers
Charles Nahl Oil Based Painter
Collodion Photography
One Room School
Equipment Displays:
1874 Studebaker Wagon
1874 Clapp & Jones Steam Pumper
Western Covered Wagon
Farm Wagon
Yosemite-style Wagon
Antique Wine Making Equipment
Agricultural Machinery
"Sonoma" Scale Model Locomotive
Operating Model Steam Train Ride