Uncovering Folsom: The Notorious Chicken Thieves (Part 4)
Preface: This blog originated as part of my senior project on Folsom’s Chinatown while I earned a Bachelor of Arts in History at Sonoma...
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Sep 134 min read
Uncovering Folsom: What is NAGPRA? (Part 3)
Native American tribal communities have been fighting for decades to be able to bring home objects and people that have been taken from...
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Aug 305 min read
Uncovering Folsom: What is Public History? (Part 2)
What is Public History? Many in the field would describe it as the practical and real-world applications of historical knowledge. Where...
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Aug 122 min read
Uncovering Folsom: What is History? (Part 1)
What is History? Studying history and being a historian is a largely academic profession. Many historians spend hours sifting through...
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May 164 min read
Bridge Across Time
Since Folsom is located on the American River, Folsom has had quite the history when it comes to bridges and river crossings. It...
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Apr 57 min read
Natoma County
By Zachary Vaccarezza As the wounds of the Civil War remained fresh on the minds of many Americans, a proposal emerged in early 1866 to...
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Feb 93 min read
Gung hay fat choy!
Many immigrants were drawn to the gold country foothills during the mining boom. By 1852, large numbers of Chinese had come to the Folsom...
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Jan 248 min read
Folsom's Gold Flake
It is seldom mentioned in the histories of the Gold Rush that one of the reasons that John Sutter built his sawmill at Coloma was to get...
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