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Folsom Historical Society presents 18th annual Antique Evaluation Day
From 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, antique enthusiasts are invited to bring family treasures and garage sale finds for informal evaluation and identification during the 18th annual Anti ...
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Vintage Folsom
Boxing at Folsom Prison for July 4th"Boxing has always been one of the major events on July 4th. This photo taken in the 1930s shows major contenders for the prison ...
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Vintage Folsom
"A Sept. 8, 1966 newspaper photo and article about the Odd Fellows Hall that stood for over half a century on upper Sutter Street at Scott. It was built in 1908 and was ...
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Vintage Folsom
"A photo of Ensign, the bear, and Gordon Brong. The bear looks to be almost full grown in this photo. Gordon Brong founded the city's "misfit zoo" and is kn ...
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Vintage Folsom
"A photo of Folsom Union High School. This beautiful school was mostly destroyed by a fire on June 22, 1959. The fire destroyed most of the original buildings whic ...
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Vintage Folsom
"A photo of placer gold miners at far right probably prior to 1914. There appears to be a number of men sitting and resting on the bank. Most of these men seem to ...
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Vintage Folsom
"A photocopy of an old lithograph that shows the community of Mormon Island as it appeared during the 1850s when it had a population of about 2,000. According to some re ...
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Vintage Folsom
"A photo of Horatio Putnam Livermore. He was the son of Horatio Gates Livermore who first started acquiring shares of the Natoma Co. In 1856, the two sons Charles E ...
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Vintage Folsom
Rumsey Hardware used to be located at 724-726 Sutter Street in the gas-lit Mall and was the oldest business on the street. The hardware store was purchased by Bill Rumsey in 1913 a ...
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Folsom family ties; Rumsey Family has long history in Folsom
Richard Rumsey, 69, has lived in Folsom the majority of his life. In fact, Rumsey lives in the house on Mormon Street that his parents had built in 1950. Rumsey's great, great ...
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Folsom A to Z - American River
Editor’s Note: Folsom A to Z is a new intermittent series in the Telegraph where readers can learn facts and history about Folsom. As each week goes on, the Telegraph will se ...
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Vintage Folsom
"A photo of the Folsom town baseball team probably from between 1908 to 1911. The team was possibly in the County League. George H. Menke is the 5th man from the lef ...
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Vintage Folsom
"A photo of George Stocker's Blacksmith Shop on Sutter Street. The photo was taken in the 1880s and no street numbers had been assigned at that time. The photo ...
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Folsom A to Z: William Charles Cummings
Editor’s Note: Folsom A to Z is a new intermittent series in the Telegraph where readers can learn facts and history about Folsom. As each week goes on, the Telegraph will se ...
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Vintage Folsom
"A photo of a saw mill in Folsom circa 1897. The canal that was used to float the logs to the mill can be seen in the foreground with the lumber mill in the center backg ...
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Vintage Folsom
"A photo of the locomotive 'Pioneer' that was built in 1849. It was shipped 15,000 miles around Cape Horn to help grade San Francisco's sand dunes in the ear ...
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Folsom A to Z
Editor’s Note: Folsom A to Z is an intermittent series in the Telegraph where readers can learn facts and history about Folsom. As each week goes on, the Telegraph will selec ...
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Folsom A to Z: Stan Gisler
Editor’s Note: Folsom A to Z is an intermittent series in the Telegraph where readers can learn facts and history about Folsom. As each week goes on, the Telegraph will selec ...
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Vintage Folsom
"Photo of front and left side of old jail and showing just how flat the roof was. The Folsom town jail was originally erected in the 1870's along Wool Street on the railr ...
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Folsom A to Z: Historical Society & Museum
Editor’s Note: Folsom A to Z is an intermittent series in the Telegraph where readers can learn facts and history about Folsom. As each week goes on, the Telegraph will selec ...
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