Welcome to Living History!
Sun, 02/22/2009 - 12:50 — webmaster
PromenadingThe Old Sacramento Living History Program is a volunteer historical group whose goal is to bring the early days of Sacramento City to life through historical re-enactments, vignettes and strolls on the streets of Old Sacramento, California. We present people from Sacramento between 1849 and 1870, from the Gold Rush to the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad. Visitors to Old Sacramento are likely to encounter us strolling the streets of Old Sacramento on weekends and holidays. We provide tours of the gold-rush city as well as special events. Our members have developed expertise in costuming, weaponry, domestic arts, crafts, literature, politics, and many other aspects of early Victorian-era life in America. New members of all ages and ethnic groups are needed.
Colt 1849 Revolver Teardown
Sat, 07/25/2009 - 10:28 — webmasterThe most popular personal weapon in the 1850's was the .32 caliber five or six shot Colt revolver. 150,000 were made during the decade. (The runner-up is the 1851 Navy with 93,000.) This article will tear down a relic example of this revolver along with a modern reproduction.
More gold rush and civil war era firearms are in our Virtual Museum, at this link.
1849 Colt Revolver
Spring Work for April
Tue, 02/17/2009 - 20:22 — webmasterAPRIL—By the first of April, the cellar should be carefully looked over, and all impurities removed; if the soap-grease has not been throw into the lye (as it accumulated during the winter) it should now be sent to the factory, or be mixed with strong lye, preparatory to soap-making.
All refuse vegetables ought to be thrown out; the potatoes selected; the small ones given to the cow, if there is one, and the best reserved for spring use.
Juvenile Roguery
Sun, 02/08/2009 - 19:25 — webmasterThe arrest of the juvenile thieves at San Francisco, mentioned in our telegraphic dispatches yesterday, led to the discosure of a singular series of robberies. one of the principal rogues in the gang, whose name is Durkin, confesses, according to the Herald's report, that he has accomplished so many robberies that it is impossible for him to recollect and enumerate them; but that within eight months he was committed nearly six hundred robberies—in some places getting not more than three bits, and in others securing one hundred dollars.
A Man Shot! - Great Excitement in Consequence!
Sun, 02/08/2009 - 18:57 — webmasterOn Monday night about 9 o'clock, a report spread that a man had been shot by a woman, and hurrying feet were heard in all quarters of people running to ascertain the particulars. Repairing to the street, and joining the crowd of anxious inquirers, after hearing the different stories of those professing to be familiar with the facts, the following particulars were gathered:
Give the Gift of History
Sat, 01/24/2009 - 11:22 — webmasterGift certificates are available for all historical walking tours of Old Sacramento. Tours are $7 a person and make a unique gift.
To purchase a walking tour gift certificate, please contact us at 916 808-4980 or jwest@cityofsacramento.org.
Fall Tour Schedule
Sat, 01/24/2009 - 11:05 — webmaster
Sacramento City comes alive from the perspective of a 1850s personality. Sacramento City: California's Gold Rush Legacy introduces visitors, school groups, and interested locals to Sacramento's fascinating history. A historically attired docent uses the original and reconstructed gold rush era buildings as the backdrop for the tour and describes the town as it was in 1850. From miners, to merchants, politicians, pony express riders, and employees of the transcontinental railroad- Sacramento City: California's Gold Rush Legacy has it all.
Walk-in tours are available every Saturday and Sunday in October at 11:00am.
Looking for New Members
Sat, 01/24/2009 - 10:51 — webmaster
