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Saturday June 2 and Sunday June 3   2018

It’s All Aboard for Story Time! with Front Street Animal Shelter special guests and a couple of their furry friends on Monday, April 30, at 11 a.m. at the California State Railroad Museum. To the delight of young children, train enthusiasts and dog lovers alike, Manager Gina Knepp and Communications Director Bobby Mann will read the children’s book Owney, the Mail-Pouch Pooch written by Mona Kerby. The celebrity readers will be accompanied by a couple of kid-friendly furry friends sure to capture attention.

California State Parks, Sutter’s Fort State Historic Park (SHP) and Friends of Sutter’s Fort are proud to present an interactive and fun “Hands on History: Catch Gold Fever” event on Saturday, January 20, 2018, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.  

 Fort visitors will have the unique opportunity to step back in time and explore an era that changed California forever. The gold discovery at Coloma echoed around the world and triggered the largest migration in United States history. Thousands of immigrants gambled and came to early California to try to strike it rich. They left family behind, spent life savings, and borrowed money all in the pursuit of gold. Many miners bought one-way passage on ships bound for California, and abandoned ships clogged the port in San Francisco as miners and sailors took off for the hills.