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Historical & Cultural
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Arts in Calaveras
A popular local slogan is “The Arts are Alive in Calaveras County!” Indeed, creativity finds a comfortable home within our rugged river canyon borders and secluded historic villages. An astonishing number of writers, artists, performers, musicians, and every other sort of thinker and schemer make up the cultural life of Calaveras. Throughout the year, the county hosts a full palette of events in theatres, galleries, wineries and outdoor locations. It’s no secret Calaveras has always known how to party. Who else celebrates frogs, rodeos, daffodils, old cars, zucchini, the lumberjack, Mark Twain and Black Bart, and throws out the red carpet for a grape stomp, Irish Days, street dances, beard contests, weed-whacker-throwing contests, garden parties, a Celtic fair, shrimp feeds, swing dances, and a Cajun Fete, to name a few. Music hits a high note here every summer when the Calaveras Arts Council presents free “Music in the Parks”, a very popular series of weekly early evening concerts at different sites. You’ll hear everything from the blues and jazz to big band sounds and Caribbean steel drums. Other great outdoor concerts can be enjoyed at the prestigious Ironstone Vineyards Amphitheatre & Lakeside Park. The Bear Valley Musical Festival offers excellent classical, jazz & popular music in the unique setting of the Bear Valley Village. Need a little drama? Local theatre troupes present plays from Shakespeare to melodrama. The Murphys Creek Theatre presents “Theatre Under the Stars” every summer at the outdoor amphitheatre at Stevenot Winery. And our art community is flourishing with many well-established and new galleries. Arnold has the Harbinger, and Murphys is possible becoming our state’s fastest growing art town with over a dozen galleries with museum quality work.
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El Dorado, Fine Dining
El Dorado County boasts over 150 dining establishments with fare that includes the original “Hangtown Fry” made of oysters, eggs and bacon to the infamous “Gold Cadillac” found only at “Poor Reds” an internationally know saloon.
Breakfast can be as down home as old-fashioned biscuits & country gravy at any one of a number of eateries or as fancy as Sunday brunch at our newly renovated Victorian Lady the Sequoia Restaurant. Everyone seems to love the “In & Out” burger located in Placerville but there are many restaurants that provide a more “down-home” version of this popular meal. Along highway 50 from El Dorado Hills to South Lake Tahoe just about any food anyone might be hankerin’ for can be found. Dinner can be a fun filled experience at any one of a number of Mexican Restaurants or served by the soft glow of candlelight and music at some of our more romantic venues like Zachary Jacques with their ever-popular French cuisine. For a complete list of restaurants go or call the El Dorado County Chamber of Commerce.
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Lake Tahoe Autumn Food & Wine Festival
Join celebrated and innovative West Coast chefs Michael Chiarello, John Ash, Jennifer Bushman and Lars Kronmark in a daylong culinary series themed “A Wine Country Dinner.” From appetizers to the cheese course, you’ll learn about what’s new on the culinary scene, cooking techniques, flavor palettes and presentation. Just in time for your holiday entertaining.
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Gold Panning
Eh-yuyh! Thar's still some gold left in the Mother Lode! Gold was first discovered at Woods Diggins (later Woods Crossing and now Jamestown) located on Woods Creek, the richest stream of its size in California. Following the June 1848 find, thousands flocked to Tuolumne County (and still do) where some of the richest mines were located. The Jamestown mine (which closed only a few years ago) is where a 45-pound crystalized gold mass was discovered near Christmas in 1992. You can search The Great Unfenced for your share of the Mother Lode on your own or with the assistance of professional gold prospectors on hour, day, or extended gold prospecting adventures in the heart of the Mother Lode!
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Bodie State Historic Park
Bodie State Historic Park is one of the best preserved ghost towns anywhere. The many buildings are kept in a state of "arrested decay." Gold was discovered here in 1859, and by the 1870s it boasted three breweries and dozens of saloons and dance halls. There was more gambling, drinking, and shooting than any other mining camp. Those lawless days come alive as you wander through its deserted buildings. Bodie is considered to be the best, and most well-preserved, historic ghost town in the country.
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Sunset Tours on Mono Lake
Join a trained naturalist for a free, one-hour walking tour of the world-famous South Tufa grove and learn about Mono Lake's million-year old ecosystem. This one-mile walk meets daily during the summer months at 6:00 pm, and are led by interpreters of the Mono Lake Committee. Tours are also offered by the Mono Lake Tufa State Reserve and the Mono Basin National Forest Scenic Area at 10 am and 1 pm respectively. In the winter, guided walks and cross-country ski tours are conducted on Saturdays and Sundays at 1 pm.
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Tallac Historic Site
Don’t miss the Tallac Historic Site, site of the former Tallac Resort and a cluster of rustic 100-year-old mansions that provide a fascinating glimpse into Tahoe's past. In its heyday, the resort included two large hotels, a casino, and numerous outbuildings. Throughout the summer here the Valhalla Festival of Arts and Music (tel. 530/541-4975) showcases jazz, bluegrass, rock, mariachi, and classical music. Summer highlights include June's Valhalla Renaissance Festival, July's Native American Fine Arts Festival, and August's Great Gatsby Festival.
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Gatekeeper's Cabin Museum
The Gatekeeper's Cabin Museum, situated among ancient conifers on the south bank of Lake Tahoe's only outlet, was built in 1981 with funds raised by the North Lake Tahoe Historical Society. Built by Art Thiede in the Canadian scribing method, the hand carved log cabin is built from Lodgepole Pines. It stands on the same foundation as the original The house offers an eclectic collection of Lake Tahoe history, including photographic collections, oral histories and transcriptions, newspapers, court ledgers, maps and subdivisions, books, magazines, letters, clothing, artifacts and furniture
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Emerarld Bay & Vikingsholm
Emerald bay is a tourist attraction for many reasons. The biggest attraction is Vikingsholm, a Scandinavian mansion built for Mrs. Lora Josephine Knight. She bought the property around the head of Emerald Bay and the island in the bay for $ 250,000. Construction on the mansion began in 1928, stopped for the winter and began again in the spring of 1929. Knight and her architect traveled to Scandinavia for inspiration in building the authentic Scandinavian home. More than 200 workers were employed to build the mansion. All the materials came from the Tahoe Basin, including granite which was dug from a quarry behind the house. Most of the furnishings in the house are either original or reproduced to match the Scandinavian look of the home.
Visitors can reach the Vikingsholm from the Harvey West parking lot off of Highway 89, then visitors hike down the one mile trail, which drops 500 feet in elevation. Tours are given from mid-June through Labor Day, the cost is $ 1.00 for adults and children are free.
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Historic Truckee and Donner Lake
The Truckee-Donner area is the center of a vast recreational wonderland. Truckee and Donner Lake are located 200 miles northeast of San Francisco, 33 miles west of Reno, and 13 miles from Lake Tahoe. Its location makes the Truckee-Donner area the jumping off point for all types of seasonal sports including fishing, boating, water and snow skiing, sailing, rafting, camping, hiking, horseback riding, and many more activities.
The Emigrant Trail Museum, located at Donner Memorial State Park, takes about 1 hour to visit and depicts the history of the area and the people who came into this part of the Sierra. Post cards, posters, maps, and books about the human and natural history of the area are for sale at the museum.
Near the museum is the Pioneer Monument and the Murphy family cabin site. Also starting from the side of the museum is a self-guiding nature trail which is a one half mile loop. Nature trail guides are available at the museum and campground entrance station. Hikes, ranging from 1 - 2 hours, start at the museum at 10:00 a.m. The hikes, special feature shows, and campfires start in late June. For specific information on these activities, please call the park at (530) 582-7892.
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