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...

Native American tribal communities have been fighting for decades to be able to bring home objects and people that have been taken from...

What is Public History? Many in the field would describe it as the practical and real-world applications of historical knowledge. Where...

What is History? Studying history and being a historian is a largely academic profession. Many historians spend hours sifting through...

Since Folsom is located on the American River, Folsom has had quite the history when it comes to bridges and river crossings. It...

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...

Many immigrants were drawn to the gold country foothills during the mining boom. By 1852, large numbers of Chinese had come to the Folsom...

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...