127 results for "Pete Basofin"
Sac History Happenings: Shop tours and resumption of train rides at Railtown 1897
Tuesday, April 2, 2013 at 1:44 PMExcursion rides resume this Saturday at Railtown 1897 State Historic Park in Jamestown (Tuolumne County).
Sac History Happenings: Annual SCHS dinner to honor local history activists
Monday, April 1, 2013 at 6:07 AMAt its next annual dinner the Sacramento County Historical Society will honor recipients for their contributions to local history writing, education and preservation. Awards will be presented to Annette Kassis, author of Weinstock's, Sacrame...
Sac History Happenings: Historic City Cemetery offers tour just for kids
Thursday, March 28, 2013 at 6:12 AMIt's a family affair at the Historic City Cemetery this Saturday at a tour designed just for children (grades fourth and up). Here's a fun opportunity to explore the cemetery's wildlife and to learn about Sacramento history through s...
Sac History Happenings: April Fools' Sacramento History returns to Central Library
Wednesday, March 27, 2013 at 6:08 AMPranksters and history enthusiasts alike are invited to celebrate April Fools' Day at Central Library by attending "Incredible Occurrences in Sacramento History," an illustrated lecture featuring a series of increasingly hard-to-be...
Sac History Happenings: Strut your stuff this Easter in Old Sacramento
Tuesday, March 26, 2013 at 8:07 AMFor the 18th year history buffs are invited to parade in their best 19th century finery in Old Sacramento this Saturday. Onlookers will likely see women in fanciful dresses, lovely parasols or colorful hats, and men in top hats, frock coats, ves...
Ron Burkle, Mark Mastrov, Vivek Ranadive, Jacobs family: A reading list
Monday, March 25, 2013 at 6:16 PMLearn more about the three men who are key to Sacramento's effort to keep the Sacramento Kings and build a new arena downtown: investment billionaire Ron Burkle, 24 Hour Fitness founder Mark Mastrov, Silicon Valley entrepreneur Vivek Ranadiv...
Sac History Happenings: 1862 U.S.-Dakota Indian War remembered in film
Monday, March 25, 2013 at 6:26 AMOn Dec. 26, 1862, in the aftermath of the war between the Dakota (Eastern Sioux) Indians and the U.S. Army in Minnesota, 38 Dakota warriors were hanged in what is said to be the largest mass execution in U.S. history.
Sac History Happenings: Two rich collections of historic Sacramento photos, images and ephemera
Thursday, March 21, 2013 at 9:27 AMIn the art world a "found object" is something that wasn't intended to be artistic, but can be appreciated as art in the right context. The same is true for artifacts that weren't intended to be historic, but in the passage of ...
Sac History Happenings: Old Sacramento underground tour season begins
Monday, March 18, 2013 at 6:05 AMFor the fourth consecutive year the secrets of subterranean Sacramento will be revealed when the Underground Tours resume this Saturday.
Sac History Happenings: Author to speak on a new history of Sacramento
Monday, February 25, 2013 at 6:13 AMSacramento's evolution from Gold Rush trading post to sprawling state capital was a tortuous road marked by fires, floods, disease, wars and riots.
