This was my third yearly visit to Gold Rush Days in Old Sac. I just walked around and grabbed shots of things happening. There seemed to be lots of activity in the surrounding  perimeter streets. The California Band of the Battalion - "Music from a time when instruments had character...... and characters had instruments" Tent City: A recreation of town life in early Sacramento City where you can visit saloons, a gambling tent, doctors, dentists, and even an undertaker! Tent City will also offer a variety of tasty treats available for purchase, including fish & chips, roasted corn on the cob, fresh-made kettle korn, homemade sarsaparilla, root beer, draft ale, local wines, and more!

Several Labor Day events took place around Sacramento. The annual Gold Rush Days was one of these events that went on for three days in Old Sacramento to the delight of children and adults.The streets were made to look like an old western town during the California Gold Rush. Many other activities (besides those pictured)  took place and many were tailored for children.

Eureka! I struck gold yesterday in Old Sac at Gold Rush Days. Well, more like the color of silver, tin to be exact. Tinsmith William Brown is worth his weight in gold. His window into the pre-Gold Rush days of tinning are educational. His tinsmith booth is in the tent city closest to the Railroad Museum. Step back in time. Stop at his booth. You'll be glad you did! He'll explain the origin of tole painting on tin, as well as the 'tippy-cup' babies drink from after giving up the bottle. William Brown peers through his wiring down machine used in tinsmithing.   Brown holds a tin coffeepot he created. He and another tinner are the only tinsmiths in the US that make the coffeepot. Br

On the corner of J and 2nd Streets, a man with a sheriff's star and gun holster slung around his waist cupped his hands and loudly announced, "Citizens of Sacramento! The mayor of Sacramento has an announcement!" If you were expecting Kevin Johnson to address the growing crowd of bystanders, you were sure to be disappointed. Saturday's Gold Rush Days hosted plenty of important Sacramentans, circa 1850. The free four-day event took over Old Sacramento with 200 tons of dirt and about 200 reenactors in 1850s-style garb. Attendees milled around the Embarcadero Tent City, a field of canvas tents that featured 1850 institutions such as a blacksmith, lace-maker, tinsmith, dentist, Mormon batta

A tent city filled with settlers has sprung up once again on the banks of the Sacramento River. And the Sacramento Rangers of the 2nd California Cavalry are patrolling dirt streets on horseback. Turning back the clock for Old Sacramento's Gold Rush Days took a little behind-the-scenes preparation. Economic hardship brought on by the continuing recession inspired quite a few people to volunteer their time to help ready the 28-acre state historic park for the annual event. With the budget down from the average $125,000 to $80,000 this year, organizers — the Sacramento Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB), the city of Sacramento and other entities — weren't able to hire as many people and had