Training Update
Class cancellation. There will be no volunteer class tonight, Thursday, January 25. Class resumes on Saturday, January 27. MGDSHP Docents and Volunteers! Bone up on gold rush history and meet our newest recruits. You are cordially invited to attend any of the upcoming docent training session to sharpen your interpretation skills and/or refresh your knowledge of Coloma and Gold Rush history. This is also an excellent opportunity to get to know our newest docents. Following are
Prep for Gold Discovery Day
On Saturday, January 20 we will be commemorating the diversity of the Coloma Valley and the discovery of gold on January 24, 1848 (170 years ago). Members of the El Dorado Indigenous Tribe will be by the grinding rock and bark houses interpreting their culture. Other living history activities will be taking place by the mill this month. We would like volunteers to focus on the following themes: Stories of how emigrants made their way to California – by land or sea John Sutter
Training Refresher
MGDSHP Docents and Volunteers! Bone up on gold rush history and meet our newest recruits. You are cordially invited to attend any of the upcoming docent training session to sharpen your interpretation skills and/or refresh your knowledge of Coloma and Gold Rush history. This is also an excellent opportunity to get to know our newest docents. Following are the topics being covered. If you would like to attend any of these session, please email jerrie.beard@parks.ca.gov or call
