Underground after hours tours depart from the sacramento history museum, 101 i street in old sacramento. History tour of old sac ive been on many free walking tours that have lasted 23 hours where you tip your guide based on how well you liked the tour. It endured a gruff past of death, disaster and was forced to rebuild itself, burying its past failures beneath the current city streets. Metered parking can be found on the streets of old sacramento or in the old sacramento parking garage. The lowdown on sacramentos underground sacramento press. Old sacramento going underground sacramento business journal. The historic old sacramento foundation seeks to educate people about the history of old sacramento.
Old sacramento underground tours depart from the sacramento history museum at 101 i street in old sacramento. Overall it is a good pictorial of sacramento s history. Old sacramento underground tour all you need to know before. Find historical weather by searching for a city, zip code, or airport code. Schs vice president william burg introduced the new graduate and hosf research. Old sacramento underground tour aktuelle 2020 lohnt es sich. Old sacramento has an underground city in northern california. We recommend booking old sacramento tours ahead of time to secure your spot. More information about the old sacramento underground tour program or the. The official visitor and travel website for sacramento.
Dark tunnels and darker forces lie beneath sacramento. Or maybe exploring the alluring underground is more your style. The tour walks you along the old sidewalk and inside a few rooms that are structurally sound. If you book with tripadvisor, you can cancel up to 24 hours before your tour starts for a full refund. Donations to the sacramento history museum support educational programs, community events, and the old sacramento underground tours. The underground tunnels of sacramento sacramento, founded in 1850, is the proud state capital of california.
Old sacramento waterfront features dozens of recreated or restored buildings from the gold rush era. After departing the museum the group takes a short walk to enter the underground of the bf hastings building after having sacramentos history and some landmarks on the way explained. Hope founder kevin johnson to ensure that the students and the community had access to books. Back in the 1860s, sacramento was repeatedly inundated with catastrophic floods, so officials decided to raise the city by one story to escape the ravaging waters of the sacramento river. Sacramento vacation information hotels, restaurants. It will begin july 10 and will start and end at the sacramento history museum in old sacramento. During october, there is also a special halloween themed ghost tour.
Also, there are a limited number of metered, 90minute onstreet parking spaces. The tour is ada compliant and can accommodate up to 20 people. This large collection drawn from original sources includes songs of the california gold rush, american mid19th century popular and patriotic songs, comic and stage songs, hymns, christmas. All underground tours checkin at the sacramento history museum located at 101 i street in old sacramento.
Old sacramento underground tours depart from the sacramento history museum at 101 i st. An expert team from the sacramento archives and museum collection center samcc and the historic old sacramento foundation hosf has carefully mined its own resources, unearthing photographic treasures to create this visual journey through 150 years of sacramento history. In 18611862, it suffered the worst rainstorm in the recorded history of the state. These hourlong guided walking tours check in at the sacramento history museum before heading out into old sacramento and descending below historic buildings. Old sacramento underground tours old sacramento waterfront. You can select a range of dates in the results on the. Namely, that the city was established at the right time, perhaps the gold rush, but in the wrong place, right in a floodplain, explains shawn turner, tour programs manager with sacramento history museum.
The historic district is sometimes abbreviated as old sacramento, or old sac, and since the 1960s has been restored and developed as a significant tourist attraction. Plan your road trip to old sacramento underground in ca with roadtrippers. Old sacramento was built up during the time of the gold rush, but the frequent flooding of this area obliterated its first level time and time again, until finally, the city abandoned that level altogether. Old sacramento is located downtown and is convenient to reach by all freeways. Old sacramento underground, sacramento roadtrippers. Sutters fort was established with the intent to develop an agricultural community, and the settlement began.
This halfmile guided historical walking tour lasts about 90 minutes and visits areas with uneven surfaces and low ceilings. There is the california state railroad museum, the gold rush history center and a wide variety of shopping and dining destinations. Im a history buff so this tour really hit home for me. I thought i knew a lot about sacramento, but i didnt prior to taking this tour. In support of the effort to contain the spread of covid19, the sacramento history museum and its associated facility, the sacramento visitors center, are temporarily closed. Since the closing of the only library in oak park in the 1970s, it became the mission of st. Our colorful cast of guides ensures no two tours are.
From any direction take interstate 5 to the j street exit and follow the signs. Sacramento, ca 95811 club 916 4439751 upcoming shows 916 4428832 office 916 4423504. Old sacramento state historic park occupies around one third of the property within the old sacramento historic district of sacramento, california. The discovery of gold launched an unprecedented rush of humanity to californias sierra foothills. Sacramento history expands timetravel tour offerings. Due to covid19, the center for sacramento history is closed until further notice and inhouse reference service is suspended.
Sacramento has a rich and vibrant history which goes back to 1839 when john sutter arrived on the shore near the confluence of the american and sacramento river. Was surprised that the underground city of old sacramento was not shown, as the modern day old sacramento was built on top of it because of flooding. Sacramentos underground tours reveal hidden past sfgate. Old ironsides family owned restaurant and bar since. Sacramentos streets were raised in the 1860s and 70s to guard against flooding.
Wooden sidewalks, horsedrawn carriages and living history characters provide a glimpse into 19hcentury life. Mar 18, 2019 the sacramento history museum is proud to announce a new season of popular, fun and interpretive tour offerings at the old sacramento waterfront. This halfmile guided historical walking tour lasts approximately one hour and visit areas with uneven surfaces and low ceilings. Theres an underground city beneath sacramento in northern california that most people dont know about. This historical tour includes hollow sidewalks, sloped alleyways, and the underground spaces themselves. Old sacramento underground history revealed 1 of 11 the old sacramento underground tour is making a return on saturday and continuing through september. The 28acre state historic park features gold rushera buildings, wooden sidewalks, a host of museums and a historic paddle wheeler that serves as a hotel and restaurant. The history of sacramento, california, began with its founding by samuel brannan and john augustus sutter, jr. Old ironsides family owned since 1934 1901 10th st. Nightlife in old sacramento waterfront is unique and loads of fun. Old sacramento is the ticket for family fun village life.
Underground books also offers childrens story time on saturday morning and is very instrumental in the black book fairs that is offered each year in the month of june. The old sacramento tunnels are infamous for socalled occult activity. The sacramento river, the main traffic artery between the mines and san francisco bay, was soon flanked by a burgeoning embarcadero and commercial. For the adultonly evening tours, guides will share some of the dark secrets and racy tales lurking in old sacramentos underground history. Old sacramento living history is a volunteer organization dedicated to keeping the past alive. The sacramento historical society is a nonprofit organization that strives to preserve the heritage of the sacramento region, promote a greater awareness of regional history, and act as a resource for inquiries regarding local area history. Be prepared to walk in areas with uneven surfaces and low ceilings and get ready to learn and have fun all along the way. They run the sacramento history museum as a way to accomplish this goal, using it to teach minds both young and old the wonders of our citys past.
Dec 16, 2017 tours begin at the history museum itself, where a tour guide in character as one of old sacramentos founders will gather their group. Recent excavations have uncovered the former first floors of old sacramento, a maze of hidden underground spaces and streets. Learn more about the sacramento history museum and how your big day of giving donation makes a difference. Old sacramento underground tours depart from the sacramento history museum at 101 i street. Old sacramento underground tours, 101 i st, sacramento, ca. Old sacramento underground tours, center for sacramento. As a result, participants on these 1hour, partially underground walking tours will see disappearing windows and doors, alleyways and retaining walls. Find information on things to do, hotels, restaurants, events, activities, and attractions in and around sacramento to help plan your next trip. As we have noted above, at the beginning of its history sacramento was badly damaged by floods, and, to avoid further decay, citizens were forced to move the level of the streets and buildings higher and to fill the lower floors with dust. So whether you live in sacramento or surrounding areas make a point to stop on through there you will not be disappointed. Old sacramento undergrounds patrons can find places to park in the area.
Families will feel right at home at this museum with its kidfriendly atmosphere. The oslhp parlor singers music book is now available on amazon many years in the making, eds new california songster includes early and midvictorian popular vocal music, as performed in old sacramento. This less than an hour tour of old sacramento underground is not a free one. If youre looking to spice up your weekends, give old sacramento underground a call today.
Old sacramento soak up river history in a ride on or along the water when glittering nuggets and veins of gold were discovered in the sierra foothills in 1849, a massive tide of humankind, hellbent on finding their fortune, raced as fast as they could to the gold country. The underground spaces are the remnants of a herculean response to a terrible problem. Now in its eighth season, the old sacramento underground tour program is coordinated by the sacramento history museum in partnership with the city of sacramento, california state parks, downtown sacramento partnership dsp and participating old sacramento merchants and businesses. The guides are dressed to the nines in period wear, making you feel like you stepped right back in time. Do you dare venture into the old sacramento tunnels. Interested tour participants are encouraged to check the website at. Abundant covered parking at reasonable rates is available. Through a series of monthly reenactments, take it to the streets, living history days, activities, events, and performances we use the backdrop of old sacramento s historic buildings and streets as a living street museum.
Explorers speak of strange figures in robes moving quickly through the buried streets. The patrons leave satisfied whenever they visit the museum at old sacramento underground in sacramento. Sacramento s streets were raised in the 1860s and 70s to guard against flooding. The old sacramento historical foundation manages several programs to highlight the history of the city, including historical reenactments by costumed docents, as well as tours of old sacramento s underground level. Since the closing of the only library in oak park in the. From old time saloons from the gold rush era to trendy new bars, there is something for everyone. Guests who book an old sacramento underground tour and gold fever. In collaboration with the historic old sacramento foundation, downey is planning an underground tour and exhibit. Many of those miners and minerals flowed as naturally as the waterways into a settlement that grew where the american and sacramento rivers meet. Take the train directly to old sacramento waterfront, walk to nearby hotels and enjoy a weekend experiencing the fun. The old sacramento underground tours, started six years ago by city historian marcia eymann, offer both a familyfriendly interactive history.
It can be a great place to pick for a day trip if you have visitors that you are looking to entertain. Old sacramento, california walking on history legends of. Get ready for a oneofakind night on the town in old sacramento waterfront. Historic old sacramento foundation sacramento localwiki. The old sacramento tunnels, as they are known, are home to history both mundane and bizarre. Tours in old sacramento highlight the citys rich underground history. Opening during the summer of 2003, underground books is the literary hub of oak park, sacramento. Hidden beneath the city for more than 150 years, old sacramentos underground has long been the capitals bestkept secret. Old sacramento underground is a tourist attraction in sacramento. The center for sacramento history has a never ending supply of fascinating history, like this one. The sacramento history museum now offers tours of this historic, but admittedly spooky, underground city.
People enter the underground to enact rituals and seances, summonings and spells. Old sacramento tours descend to history underground the. To book an underground school tour, please contact the education. Include a date for which you would like to see weather history. The visitors center includes information not only about old sacramento waterfront, but its a great starting point for excursions throughout the sacramento region. Old sacramento underground tour all you need to know. Old sacramento underground tour 2020 all you need to know.
In addition, the popular old sacramento underground tour program will also resume on weekends beginning april 1 and will continue through december 2017 with schedules fluctuating and expanding with the seasons. Sacramento was named after the sacramento river, which forms its western border. This historical tour includes hollow sidewalks, sloped alleyways, and the. Old sacramento underground tour 2020 all you need to. Old sacramento underground tour sacramento history museum. By marcia eymann, history manager, city of sacramento and the capital district, california state parks the historic old sacramento foundation, in partnership with california state parks, the city of sacramento, and certain private property owners have a specialized guided tour program exploring old sacramentos underground and hollow sidewalks.
Please stay tuned to our social media and website for updates. The sacramento history museum is proud to announce a new season of popular, fun and interpretive tour offerings at the old sacramento waterfront. They are a very active organization, and according to public programs coordinator janessa west, they try to come up with creative and unique. One of the most prominent cities in northern california has a mysterious past and a whole underground level that hardly anyone talks about. History buffs will love the california state railroad museum, featuring carefully restored iron horses, and the sacramento history museum, where guides in period costumes lead you on a tour of underground spaces and streets abandoned when, as an antiflooding measure, the city raised its streets and buildings. All tour tickets include complimentary admission to the sacramento history museum.
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