{"id":37168,"date":"2017-04-10T10:30:27","date_gmt":"2017-04-10T17:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/69.46.6.243\/?p=37168"},"modified":"2017-04-10T10:30:27","modified_gmt":"2017-04-10T17:30:27","slug":"california-gold-rush-history-comes-to-life-with-diggins-tent-town-1852","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=37168","title":{"rendered":"California Gold Rush History Comes to Life With Diggins Tent Town 1852"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Columbia, CA&#8230;Columbia State Historic Park will present \u201cDiggins Tent Town 1852\u201d, their annual living history event this coming May 18th through May 21st.  Sponsored by the non-profit organization Friends of Columbia and Columbia State Historic Park and depicted by over 150 costumed volunteers, visitors can experience the events and environment of an 1850\u2019s mining camp that is re-created in detail from the clothing, food and entertainment. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_5614-Edited.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_5614-Edited.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"438\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_5614-Edited.png 640w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_5614-Edited-300x205.png 300w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_5614-Edited-570x390.png 570w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_5614-Edited-80x55.png 80w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_5614-Edited-150x103.png 150w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_5614-Edited-500x342.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The event weaves visitors through the characters\u2019 lives of 1852 Columbia; the powerful stories of early miners and their wives, politics and daily events. Meet the merchants, artisans and entertainers who have come to the Diggins to \u201cmine the miners\u2019 pockets.\u201d Interact and observe the lifestyles of the early miners as they prepare their meals, launder their clothing and care for gardens and livestock.  Learn about their crafts, how their children played, their music and other forms of entertainment \u2013 including gambling! A variety of foods, drinks and other items are available for purchase inside the event.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_5559-Edited.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_5559-Edited.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"847\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_5559-Edited.png 640w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_5559-Edited-227x300.png 227w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_5559-Edited-570x754.png 570w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_5559-Edited-150x199.png 150w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_5559-Edited-378x500.png 378w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Susie Webb, long-time park volunteer, talks about why she has played a role in this event for over 15 years: \u201cWe really just love to entertain and educate the public on this important part of California\u2019s past &#8212; the Gold Rush. We do it for the love of history.\u201d You can find Susie, aka, Mrs. Freeman, at the American Hotel during the four day event preparing delicious meals and interpreting hotel life during 1852.<\/p>\n<p>Open from 10AM to 4PM daily, admission to Columbia \u201cDiggins 1852\u201d is $7 per adult and $2 per child 12 and under.  There is no charge for parking and admission to the park.  For more information contact Columbia Visitor Services at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.parks.ca.gov\/Columbia\">www.parks.ca.gov\/Columbia<\/a> or call (209) 588-9128.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Columbia, CA&#8230;Columbia State Historic Park will present \u201cDiggins Tent Town 1852\u201d, their annual living history event this coming May 18th through May 21st. Sponsored by the non-profit organization Friends of Columbia and Columbia State Historic Park and depicted by over 150 costumed volunteers, visitors can experience the events and environment of an 1850\u2019s mining camp [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1599,"featured_media":37169,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,20,1,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-communities","category-featured","category-news","category-tuolumne-county","last_archivepost"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_5614-Edited.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1599"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37168"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37168\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/37169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}