TRAIL CALENDAR
SUMMER LONG ADVENTURE 2017
21 MUSEUMS - ROSEVILLE TO TAHOE!
NEW! Placer County Student Scavenger Hunt! Great Prizes!
Welcome Trail Travelers!
We are glad you
decided to join us on the 2017 Heritage Trail Museums Tour. This is the 10th
year for the event and 21 museums from Roseville to Tahoe are opening their
doors free of charge for certain days throughout the summer. All 21 museums are
committed to showcasing history in a fun and entertaining way. For many Trail
Travelers, this event has become a family tradition. This year, just as last
year, geographic clusters of museums will have their Heritage Trail event on
certain Saturdays throughout the summer.
This way you have the whole summer to visit participating museums.
If you can’t make it on their Heritage Trail
day, you can visit them during their regular hours of operation and still get
your Get-Up-And-Go cards stamped! All museums have free admission on their
Heritage Trail day (see calendar below). If you visit them on any other day,
you will have to pay admission if applicable.
Whether you are
from Auburn, Reno, San Francisco, or Boston, please enjoy this opportunity to
take a trip back in time and get a better understanding of Placer County’s rich
and colorful history. Each museum on the tour is unique. Aside from immersing
yourselves in history, you will enjoy the variety of settings at each museum.
Please read the
calendar on the following pages. Thanks
again for joining us. We hope you have a great time!
Ralph Gibson
Placer County
Museums Administrator
Chairperson, The Heritage Trail
TRAIL TIPS
THE FOLLOWING
TRAIL TIPS WILL HELP YOU PLAN YOUR ADVENTURE.
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For questions about The Heritage Trail, please call 530-889-6500.
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Eating, drinking and smoking are not permitted in the museums.
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Leave pets at home.
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You’ll want to bring your camera. Inquire at each museum for flash
photography guidelines.
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Be sure to pick up your FREE Get Up & Go card at the first
museum you visit.
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If you can’t make it to a museum on their
Heritage Trail Day, please visit them during regular hours of operation.
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This year it will take 8 stamps on your
Get-Up-And-Go card to qualify for a gift basket drawing.
June 17th 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
All three museums have Air Conditioning and plenty of water!
Bernhard Museum
Bernhard Museum
291 Auburn Folsom Rd., Auburn
530-889-6500 www.placer.ca.gov/museums
Living History activities, watermelon, hand-cranked ice cream, sunflower seed spitting contest, wagons restored by the Native
Sons of the Golden West Parlor #59, museum tours, Blacksmith demonstration,
live music and Bonitata Boutique Wines will have a selection available for
tasting after 12:00 pm. Bring your lunch and picnic on the grounds!
Normal Hours of Operation: Tuesday–Sunday 11:00-4:00
Benton Welty School Room
1225 Lincoln Way, Auburn
530-906-0712 www.placercountyhistoricalsociety.org
Auburn Grammar School, built in
1915 (now Auburn City Hall), listed on the National Register of Historic
Places. Get a rare sense of old school days in a classroom packed with photos,
scrapbooks, maps and old school books. Try your hand at string games and
penmanship. Young visitors will be engaged with 1916 classroom activities. Enter
the free “just for kids” basket drawing. Ample parking behind building.
Normal Hours of Operation: Open by appointment only.
Gold Rush Museum
601 Lincoln Way, Auburn
530-889-6500 www.placer.ca.gov/museums
Pan for gold with the Motherlode
Gold Hounds, tour museum which includes a replica mining tunnel, gold rush era
artifacts and play an interactive Gold Rush game.
Normal hours of operation: Friday-Sunday, 10:30 am - 4:00 pm
June 24th
* In association with
the 2017 The Heritage Trail, the California Conference of Historical Societies
will have a "Book Fest on the Plaza" in front of the Lincoln
Area Archives Museum on June 24th as part of their 63rd
Annual Meeting. For more information about the CCHS and their Annual
Meeting activities, please visit their website: http://www.californiahistorian.com or http://www.annualmeeting.californiahistorian.com
Lincoln Area Archives Museum 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
640 Fifth St., Lincoln
916-645-3800 www.laamca.org
View Nisenan artifacts, Gladding
McBean & Co. photographs, a gold scale from the Van Trent Mine, military
uniforms and artifacts and Chinese baskets.
Also on display are a restored buggy and a grain scale from the local
Walter Jansen & Son. Enjoy an
on-going wood burning stove cooking demonstration and enter a prize drawing for
books written by local historian Jerry Logan. Beverages and cookies available.
Normal
Hours of Operation: Tuesday through Friday 11:00-3:00 and the 1st Saturday of
each month 11:00-3:00.
Fruitvale School 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
3425 Fruitvale Rd., Lincoln
916-769-7959 www.oldfruitvaleschool.org
Witness the education that farm
children received 100 years ago in a one room school house in rural Lincoln.
Experience hands-on Living History activities and be sure to bring your picnic
basket and enjoy lunch on the grounds!
Normal Hours of Operation: Open by appointment only.
July 1st
10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Gatekeepers Museum
130 West Lake Blvd., Tahoe City
View the Marion Steinbach Indian
Basket Collection and exhibits on Tahoe history; join a 10:00 am walking tour of
Tahoe City; and special activity outside.
Normal Hours of Operation: Daily 10:00-5:00
Watson Cabin
560 North Lake Blvd., Tahoe City
Built in 1909 by Robert Watson as
a wedding present for his son, the Watson Cabin is the oldest building
constructed onsite in Tahoe City and is listed on the National Register of
Historic Places. View pioneer artifacts
from early Tahoe with docent-led tours.
Normal Hours of Operation: (summer: Wed-Sun 12-4).
July 8th 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Placer County Museum (Historic
Courthouse)
101 Maple St., Auburn
530-889-6500 www.placer.ca.gov/museums
Overview of Placer County
history, Pate Collection of American Indian Artifacts, gold collection,
restored Sheriff’s Office, Women’s Jail with Alma Bell, Placer County authors
table and the Placer County Genealogical Society will offer guidance on family
history research. * NEW - Recreation of Elmer Gum testimony during Alma Bell trial in Historic Courtroom! This will be done several times when a good crowd is in the Courthouse between 10:00 and 1:00 with tours of the Courtroom in the afternoon.
Normal Hours of Operation: Daily 10:00-4:00
Gold Country Medical History
Museum
219-100 Maple St., Auburn
530-906-9822 www.goldcountrymedicalmuseum.com
Restored Victorian building is on
the site of the original Placer County hospital. See medical, dental and
nursing implements, equipment, furnishings, pharmaceuticals, ephemera, and a
collection of “quackery”. They offer demonstrations of quackery, tours and
interpretation of artifacts.
Normal Hours of Operation: Saturdays 10:00-3:00, spring thru Labor Day.
Auburn Joss House Chinese Museum
200 Sacramento St., Auburn
530-346-7121
View original Joss House Altar
(c. 1880) and artifacts from the early Auburn Chinese community. The Joss House
was a Chinese school, Ling Ying Association meeting place and a hostel for
transient Chinese primarily from the mid-1920s to the late 1960s.
Open 1st Saturday of the month, 10:00-3:00
July 15th
Griffith Quarry Museum 8:00 am – 12:00 pm
Corner of Taylor and Rock Springs Roads, Penryn
530-889-6500 www.placer.ca.gov/museums
View exhibits on granite
quarrying, the Penryn Granite Works business, the history of Penryn and the
Griffith Family. Hands-on exhibits, restored vintage wagon used in the area and a
guided tour of the Quarry Park at 8:30 am - before the heat hits!
Normal
Hours of Operation: Saturday and Sunday 12:00-4:00
Rocklin History Museum 10:00
am – 4:00 pm
3895 Rocklin Rd., Rocklin
916-624-3464 www.rocklinhistory.org
View exhibits on Rocklin
pioneers, buildings and granite quarrying plus extensive photographs and
interpretation of J.P. Whitney and his land holdings. Granite splitting demonstration
at 11:00 am. Don't miss this demonstration - you can visit the Griffith Quarry Museum and Rocklin Museum all before noon and the heat!
Normal
Hours of Operation: Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday 1:00-4:00
August 5th 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Maidu Museum & Historic Site
1970 Johnson Ranch Dr., Roseville
916-774-5934 www.roseville.ca.us/indianmuseum
Explore site where Valley Nisenan
Maidu Indians lived for thousands of years; discover native plants and over 400
bedrock-grinding holes; experience unique and rare sandstone petroglyphs;
hand-on children’s activities, guided tours at 10:00 and 1:00, and an
indigenous art gallery. Gift Shop offers a wide selection of books about Native
Californians, handmade jewelry, minerals, arrowheads and snacks & drinks.
Normal Hours of Operation:
Monday-Thursday 9:00-4:00, and Saturday 9:00-1:00
Roseville Telephone Museum
106 Vernon St., Roseville
916-786-1621 www.consolidated.com/museum
The Roseville Telephone Museum has one of the
most extensive collections of antique telephones and memorabilia in the nation.
The exhibits in the 4,500 square-foot museum chronicle and celebrate more than
a century of communications technology in Roseville as well as nationally and
internationally. A visit to the Roseville Telephone Museum makes a fun and
educational family outing, a great school field trip or a group sight-seeing
tour destination. Our museum docents are current and retired employees who are
passionate about telephone history and volunteer their time to share it with
visitors of all ages. Presented by Consolidated Communications, this museum
offers not only rare telephones, but also a demonstration of an early
switchboard.
Normal
Hours of Operation: First Saturday of the month 10:00-2:00.
Roseville Historical Society
Carnegie Museum
557 Lincoln St., Roseville
916-773-3003 www.rosevillehistorical.org
The Roseville Historical Society's Carnegie
Museum is filled with artifacts of Roseville's past! We highlight our train
display, a massive "N" gauge model railroad depicting Roseville's Old
Town and peeks into our turn-of-the-century past. This year we are
also featuring our pioneer Fiddyment family, their story, beginning with
matriarch Elizabeth Jane, and how the family depicted the days when our area
was all about the land and its resources. The museum has been completed renovated so even if you've been here before, it is a brand new museum with new exhibits and interactive experiences for kids!
Normal Hours of Operation: Tuesday
thru Friday 12:00- 4:00; 1st & 3rd Saturdays
10:00-2:00.
August 12th 10:00 am – 4:00 pm* (Donner Summit HikingTour
start at 9:30 am)
Colfax Area Heritage Museum
530-346-8599 www.colfaxhistory.org
View exhibits on the history of
the railroad, gold mining, fruit ranching, pioneer life as well as the Maidu
Indians and the Chinese. Live music by
the Begin Family as well as a gold mining display and demonstration.
Normal Hours of Operation: 10:00-3:00 Daily
Golden Drift Museum
32820 Main St., Dutch Flat
530-389-2126 www.placer.ca.gov/museums
Visit the best preserved Gold
Rush town in Placer County. View
exhibits on nearby towns, gold mining, the railroad, the Towle Lumber Company,
the Maidu Indians, and the Chinese. Guided Walking Tour of Dutch Flat at 10:00
am & Cemetery Tour at 11:00 am. Free refreshments.
Normal Hours of Operation: Memorial Day- September: Friday –
Sunday 12:00-4:00
Donner Summit Historical Society
Museum
21501 Donner Pass Rd., Norden
530-308-9668 www.donnersummithistoricalsociety.org
Donner Summit is the richest
historical area in California: first wagon trains, first transcontinental
railroad, highway telephone line and air route. On Saturday and Sunday they will offer tours down Summit Canyon. On this,
our sixth year, we're going down Summit Canyon again - downhill all the way,
with a car shuttle back up. Of course the walk will be illustrated with dozens
of historic photographs and lots of stories. We'll stop for lunch at a
nice view, so bring a lunch. Meet at the Sugar Bowl Academy
Building on Old 40.
Take Old 40 to Donner Summit. The Sugar Bowl Academy is
the large building on Old 40 right at the top. If you go east from there it is
steeply downhill to Rainbow Bridge. If you go west from there the next thing to
see is Donner Ski Ranch on the right.
Bring Hat, good shoes, sunscreen, water, camera, lunch,
curiosity.
*Tours meet at 9:30 am both days.
Normal Hours of Operation: Saturday and Sunday 10:00-4:00
August 13th
9:30 am
Summit Canyon Hike (Donner
Summit Historical Society)
See entry above for details.
August 26th 8:00 am – Noon
Sierra College Natural History
Museum
5000 Rocklin Rd., Rocklin
Enjoy exhibits on contemporary
nature in our region as well as fossils of life that lived millions of years
ago.
Normal Hours of Operation: Open when school is in session;
Mon-Thurs. 7:00 am – 9:00 pm, Fridays 7:00 am – 5:00 pm, and Saturdays 8:00 am
– noon.
September 1st
4:00 pm – 7:00 pm
DeWitt History Museum
2985 Richardson Dr., Auburn
530-889-6500 www.placer.ca.gov/museums
View exhibits on the history of
the DeWitt Government Center from its inception as a World War II Army
Hospital, its use as a State Mental Hospital and finally its use as a Placer
County Government Center. Displays will also cover the early history of the
area from Nisenan Maidu Indians to early mining and ranching
Normal Hours of Operation: This museum is not yet open.
September 2nd
& 3rd 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Forest Hill Divide Museum
24601 Harrison St., Foresthill
530-367-3988 www.foresthillhistory.org
Watch blacksmiths craft period
tools, view exhibits on mining, Native American Heritage, the lumber industry,
fires & firefighting and life in the Victorian era. Hands-on activities for kids, re-enactments,
craft and food booths, gold panning demonstrations, and visitors can watch the
State and National Gold Panning championships. They are combining the Heritage
Trail with their annual Heritage Festival.
Memorial Day - Labor Day Saturday and Sunday 12:00-4:00
Get-Up-And-Go Cards
You can pick-up your Get-Up-And-Go cards at the first
Heritage Trail Day (June 17th) from the Bernhard Museum, Benton
Welty School Room or the Gold Rush Museum.
After that day, you can pick up Get-Up-And-Go cards from any
participating museum. You can pick up
cards and get them stamped on any day
the museum is open throughout the summer.
This year, it will take 8 stamps on your card to enter the drawing for a
gift basket. Please remember that you can only play one Get-Up-And-Go card at a
time. You are free to start another card
once you have turned in a fully stamped card.
*****
Museum
Calendar of Events Outside of Heritage Trail
Maidu Museum &
Historic Site
916-774-5934
June
– August Archery Camps and Classes - Certified
archery instructors work with you according to your skill level. Archery
classes for beginners to experienced. All equipment is provided. Archery for
All Skill Levels (Ages 7+), Archery for Adults (Ages
18+), Archery I (Ages 9-16), Archery II (Ages
9-16), Field Archery (Ages 9-16), Archery Range Fun and
Games (Ages 9-16). Pre-registration is required. Register by phone
(916) 772-PLAY.
April 15 – August 25 News
from Native California: 30 Years of Cultural Renewal - Exhibit in the Indigenous
Art Gallery.
May 13 – August 5 Maidu
Eyes Have Shown Me - Exhibit in the Zents Gallery
August 15 – Sept. 21 Volunteer Guide
Training: Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10am – 1pm. If you like
working with kids and learning about local history and cultural heritage, join
our team of volunteer guides. After training, volunteer docents lead tours of
the museum and historic site to help teach children about native culture and
the environment.
*****
North Lake Tahoe
Historical Society
530-583-1762
May
27 Gatekeepers
Museum Summer Hours begin (Daily
10-5)
June
14 Watson
Cabin opens for the season (Wed-Sun
12-4)
June
17 Tahoe
City Wine Walk ($)
July
16 Annual
Gathering at the Gatekeepers Museum ($)
Aug
10 44th
Home Tour ($)
Aug
17 Lecture
and Book Signing with Gary Noy (FREE)
Aug
27 Native
American Weaver’s Market (FREE)
Sept
3 Watson
Cabin closes for the season
Sept
4 Labor
Day Cruise
Sept
5 Gatekeeper’s
Fall Hours Begin (Thurs-Tues 11-4)
Nov 1 Gatekeeper’s
Winter Hours Begin (Thurs-Sun 11-4)
*****
Donner Summit
Historical Society
530-308-9668
Oct. 14 Donner
Party Hikes: $75
per hiker if registered before Oct. 3rd. Includes guided hike,
commemorative hat, hamburger
lunch and afternoon presentation. Please visit www.donnerpartyhike.com for more details and to
register.
Oct. 15 Donner
Party Hikes/Walking Tour: $100 per hiker if registered before Oct. 3rd.
Includes guided hike, commemorative
hat, hamburger lunch and afternoon presentation plus the Sunday Interpretive
Walks, entrance
to the new museum and Day Use at the Donner Memorial State Park. Please visit www.donnerpartyhike.com for more details and to register.
Thank
you to our sponsors: Consolidated Communications, Placer County and the Native
Sons of the Golden West Parlors #59 and #63!
