Panning for Gold in My Kitchen
Alamedans celebrate the 168th anniversary of the California Gold Rush
A collection of articles on Alameda History by Dennis Evanosky and Eric J. Kos
Alamedans celebrate the 168th anniversary of the California Gold Rush
At 1223 Post St. in Alameda’s East End, a humble Gold Rush-era cottage still stands. It once housed a Norwegian immigrant named Christopher Christensen and his family.
Courteous. Warm. Kind. Respectful.
These are the words Cheryl Kettell and Linda Benson used to describe the people they met in October at the Parliament of the World’s Religions in Salt Lake City.
The staircase on the high-basement cottage at 2019 Pacific Avenue in Alameda draws the eye upward to the home’s full porch. A row of spindles complements the porch that sweeps across this Queen Anne-style home.
On Friday, Falcon’s Court, a non-profit educational organization that presents living history programs at schools throughout California, brought the Renaissance to Wood Middle School to show the seventh graders what life was like in Western Europe from the 14th to the 17th centuries.
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