Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge last week was about All Things Farm Related, and that inspired me to share this fun episode of California’s Gold. I also just happened to hear a Capital Public Radio report the other day on the ways California vineyards are transitioning to new machine-based harvesting methods. It got me thinking about how technological change […]
The Pony Express horse and rider at the corner of 2nd and J Streets in Sacramento are a reminder of the city’s role as a vital mail terminus for 19 months before the completion of the telegraph lines in the west. The statue stands near the pedestrian tunnel leading from Old Sacramento to the heart of downtown.
Linotype machine:
My entry for Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge this week — all the images are from my recent visit to the Sacramento History Museum: Farms can lead to many things in my mind and I sure you all have a view of what a farm is. You can have something as simple as a pitch fork, so the view […]
Half the fun of this episode of California’s Gold is the mini road trips between stops, as Huell searches along the beautiful Lost Coast for the historic Cape Mendocino Lighthouse. He briefly revisits the small town of Petrolia, which you might remember from the episode I featured last week, California Firsts. He also discovers Honeydew, California, and is introduced to […]
The theme of Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week is Letter G – Needs to have the letter G. You can always use adjectives and adverbs with a specific topic just make sure you give us the word that fits the requirements of this challenge. Golden poppy: Portrait of California Governor Jerry Brown at the State Capitol: Rice grinder, Sacramento […]
The California Police Officers’ Memorial was unveiled on the Capitol Mall in May 1988.
