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Golden History Days
June 10 @ 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Golden History Days | June 10, 2023
Celebrate the arrival of the Wagon Train during Golden History Days, from 9-4 on June 10, 2023, before the Wagon Train’s arrival at the Belltower at 3 pm!
Historic Main Street is closed to traffic for a day of free activities and events, including an Antique Fair, live music, spoken-word history, and a multi-cultural event that celebrates many who were here at the time of the Wagon Train immigrants’ arrival; Native Americans, Black Americans, Hispanic/Californios, Japanese, Chinese, as well as the immigrants themselves.
On the west end of Main Street, between the Bell Tower and Sacramento, enjoy activities and performances by:
- Wheelbarrows from the Kiwanis
- Spinners at Lofty Lou’s
- Kids’ games + adult card games courtesy of Interactive Entertainment
- Duffy the Gold Panner
- Music at The Green Room is providing music
- El Dorado County Historical Society & El Dorado Western Railroad
- Hangtown Marshals will serve as the Wagon Train escorts
- Wakamatsu & American River Conservancy
- Indigenous Art & Native Flute & Drum music – Marion Cole from Georgetown
- Buffalo Soldiers
