History and heritage
Gold Rush Days in Columbia
- When
- Saturday, November 141:00 to 4:00 PM · Second Saturday of the month
- Next dates
- Sat, Dec 12 1:00 to 4:00 PM
- Where
- Columbia State Historic Park11255 Jackson Street, Columbia · Directions (opens in a new tab)
- Cost
- Free
- Hosted by
- Friends of Columbia State Historic ParkEvent website (opens in a new tab)
- Good to know
- Kid friendly
Reserve the 2nd Saturday for Gold Rush Days at Columbia State Historic Park. You’ll get to see inside special exhibits, stores and residences not regularly open to the public. Columbia’s Gold Rush Days is a chance to explore the historic town of Columbia and see it come alive with living history. Throughout town you will discover park docents interpreting what it looked, felt, and sounded like during the California Gold Rush.
Docents in period attire will provide lots of information on the structure of their featured building, nature of its business and equipment, contents of store merchandise, or interior décor of family homes, along with history of the times for visitors. If you’re lucky, the gambling table will be set up on the boardwalk for everyone to try their hand at betting against a mining camp gambler.
Listed by The Lode Down. Times and prices come from the organizer, so check with them before you drive a long way. Something wrong or changed? Report a problem and a real person will check it, or email corrections@lodedown.com.