OSLHP Keeping the past alive since 1995.

Beginning on Saturday, July 10, 2010 the Historic Old Sacramento Foundation (HOSF) will unveil guided tours of Old Sacramento’s underground and hollow sidewalks.

The tours will be offered hourly on Thursdays through Sundays from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (the last tour departs at 5:00 p.m.). Tours will last approximately 45 minutes and cost
$15 for adults and $10 for youths. Private groups will be able to book weekday and evening tours.

The tours will be high quality presentations utilizing extensive original historic research. Visitors to the Old Sacramento Underground will have new eyes with which to see the district
and understand the city’s history after they view the disappearing windows and doors, dipping alleyways, exposed retaining walls, and walk into underground hollow sidewalks and tour under historic structures.

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.

General Information:

The Sacramento City: California's Gold Rush Legacy Tour is available
every Saturday June 19th- August 28th at 11:00am with no reservations
needed. Tours leave the Sacramento History Museum, located at 101 I
Street in Old Sacramento.

Private tours and school tours can be scheduled year round with a