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The Old Sacramento location remained dedicated to the history of Sacramento and the California Gold Rush, and was renamed the "Discovery Museum Gold Rush History Center." [1] In July 2008, under a directive from the City of Sacramento, the partnership between the History Center and the Science Center was dissolved. The museum's name was changed ...
Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park is a national historical park operated by the National Park Service that seeks to commemorate the Klondike Gold Rush of the late 1890s. Though the gold fields that were the ultimate goal of the stampeders lay in Yukon , the park comprises staging areas for the trek there and the routes leading in its ...
Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park: Pioneer Square: History: Seattle's role in the Klondike Gold Rush Last Resort Fire Department Museum: Downtown: Firefighting: website, vintage fire trucks, equipment, uniforms, located at the HQ for the Seattle Fire Department: Log House Museum: West Seattle: Local history
The Gold Rush began in earnest in 1849, which led to its eager participants being called "49ers," and within two years of James Marshall's discovery at Sutter's Mill, 90,000 people flocked to ...
Sacramento Engine Company No. 3, the oldest remaining firehouse in Sacramento; The Firehouse Restaurant (1853), redbrick firehouse; (1960) restaurant; Old Sacramento Schoolhouse Museum [9] Eagle Theatre - only survived from 1849 to 1850 but has been reconstructed; Sam Brannan House built in 1853, was also Jones Hotel and Vernon House.
The California gold rush (1848–1855) began on January 24, 1848, when gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California. [1] The news of gold brought approximately 300,000 people to California from the rest of the United States and abroad. [ 2 ]
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In addition, the Sacramento History Museum, in the heart of Old Sacramento, focuses on the history of Sacramento from the region's pre-gold rush history through the present day. In 2021, the Museum of Science and Curiosity (MOSAC) opened in the restored historic power station building of Matsui Waterfront Park.