While at the waterfront in Old Sacramento, Shawn discussed how Sacramento grew as the closest major city to the gold fields during the California Gold Rush and how it was a transportation hub for steamboats and stage lines transporting gold hopefuls and supplies. Shawn also notes the status of the Sacramento River and how it is much lower than it was two weeks ago. #onthisday #todayinhistory #goldrush #SacHistoryMuseum #sacramento #museum #history #oldsacramento | Sacramento History Museum

The holidays are over which means our education team at the Sacramento History Museum is working hard to prepare for the upcoming school field trip season! We offer in-person school programs to classes that can visit and also bring the museum to the classroom through virtual field trips and outreach programs. One of the special components of our Gold Rush school program is that students learn about how the news of gold in California was spread across the continent through newspapers. What better

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