Upcoming Speaker Night Events
The History of the Fowler Family in Nevada County
With Rick Cooper
When: Thursday May 16th at 7:00 PM.
Where: The Sierra Presbyterian Church located at 175 Ridge Road, Nevada City.
This presentation will trace the classic emigrant story of the 1849 Gold Rush, settlement in California and homesteading in Nevada County. It will detail the journey of five generations of the Fowler family in the timber and lumber business culminating with the current B&C Home Center in Glenbrook Basin. The story is set against the development of Western Nevada County and the emigrant story will be familiar to many of our pioneer families. The story is told by Richard Cooper, son of Shirley Fowler and George Cooper.
Admission: FREE and open to the public, this event last one hour.
Free refreshments offered after the presentation.
For more information contact Daniel Ketcham @ (530) 477-8056 or President@NevadaCountyHistory.
Coming Events
Second Sunday Steam-Up
Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum
When: Sunday, May 12, June 9, July 14, August 11, September 8, October 13th, 2024
Where: 5 Kidder Court, Nevada City, CA 95959.
Come join our locomotive team as they have both their steam locomotives steamed up and ready to go!
The museum exhibits a collection of railroad and aviation artifacts, photographs, and documents for visitors and historians alike. Exhibits include the NCNGRR Engine 5, rolling stock, an early steam automobile, and other examples of Nevada County’s transportation history. The gift shop offers railroad-themed books, toys, gifts, clothing, and other collectibles. Visitors are offered a docent-led historical tour of the museum, rail yard, and restoration shop. Admission to the museum is free.
For more information, check out the Railroad Museum website and train schedule.
Upcoming Speaker Night Events
The History of the South Yuba Canal
With Dom Lindars
When: Thursday June 20th at 7:00 PM.
Where: The Sierra Presbyterian Church located at 175 Ridge Road, Nevada City.
Admission: FREE and open to the public, this event last one hour.
Free refreshments offered after the presentation.
For more information contact Daniel Ketcham @ (530) 477-8056 or President@NevadaCountyHistory.
Coming Events
Bestselling Western Mr. Pettigrew Adapted to Film
“Mr. Pettigrew” movie to be shown at the Nevada County Railroad Museum on July 18th, 2024 – Save the date!
Award winning author and film director L.J. Martin’s Western Mr. Pettigrew is scheduled to be shown across the country this spring. Based on Martin’s bestselling book, the story centers around a down-on-your-luck character Beau Boone. Starving, a badly injured left leg, at the end of his rope, Beau falls off the train in the hell-on-wheels town of Nemesis. But Mr. Pettigrew intervenes. Beau owes him, but does he owe him his very life? Can a one-legged man sit shotgun in one of the toughest saloons on the Transcontinental? He can, if he doesn’t have anything to lose.
“Mr. Pettigrew is classic Louie L’Amour with a broken hero on the comeback trail, bad hombres, an anti-hero you will either love or detest, and some ladies of the night with hearts as big as the west. ”
— Film Director, LJ Martin
Mr. Pettigrew, written and directed by L.J. Martin, produced by Kat & L.J. Martin and Shane Clouse, and starring Shane Clouse, Davy Williams, Chris Enss, Wyatt McCrea, and Eric Roberts, will premier in Nevada County, the evening of Thursday, July 18th at the Nevada County Railroad Museum in Nevada City. Details to follow.
For more information, contact Chris Enss at gvcenss@aol.com.
Upcoming Speaker Night Events
Mary Brown, Widow of abolitionist, John Brown: Tales of her family in Northern California.
With Josie Smith
When: Thursday August 15th at 7:00 PM.
Where: The Sierra Presbyterian Church located at 175 Ridge Road, Nevada City.
Admission: FREE and open to the public, this event last one hour.
Free refreshments offered after the presentation.
For more information contact Daniel Ketcham @ (530) 477-8056 or President@NevadaCountyHistory.