Cheryl Anne StappDec 30, 20202 minNew Year Celebrations of OldDuring the early, chaotic days of the California Gold Rush, New Year’s Eve celebrations were mostly improvised: lonesome men in out-back...
Cheryl Anne StappDec 16, 20202 minForlorn Hope Re-enactedOn this day 174 years ago—December 16, 1846—seventeen poorly provisioned people set out across the snow-blanketed Sierra Nevada on...
Cheryl Anne StappNov 18, 20202 minThe Man Who Engineered MiraclesTheodore Dehone Judah was the brilliant engineer and visionary who convinced a group of Sacramento merchants, and the United States...
Cheryl Anne StappOct 28, 20202 minLaundry Was Quite the ChoreWhen the only machines were a woman’s hands and arms, and washtubs were filled with hand-drawn buckets of well or creek water instead of...