The new Rose Spring Ditch wound around the hill sides of the current Folsom Lake Estates and required two siphons.
History From Kevin Knauss
Posts related to historical topics such the Gold Rush, early California, Maps, and historical documents.
California Central Railroad Company
Eric Kraft has been doing some research on the CCRR and has started accumulating information, photos, data and ephemera attached to the old rail road company.
Olive orchard along historic Pioneer Express Trail in Folsom
The highlight for me was running through the old olive orchard. Even though many of the trees have died, a healthy stand of fruit bearing trees still exists.
Folsom Prison Canal Trail Run
Today, everything is dwarfed by Folsom Dam completed in 1958 and made the original 1895 Folsom dam, canal and powerhouse obsolete.
Mission San Juan Bautista surviving earthquakes and time
I was surprised at how both the interior and exterior elements of the mission would draw me in and provide a sense of comfort. This history explains the primitive but informative seismometer inside the mission.
Malakoff Diggins historical erosion and devastation of Sacramento Valley
130 years after the water cannons were silenced, significant scarring remains. Willows trees and brush, phreatophytes, are growing thick (I got lost in them) and trying to reclaim the pit. We are still left with a 7,000 foot drain tunnel and the lingering effects on the Sacramento Valley from the elevated river bottom that all of the hydraulic mining drained into.
Spooner to Marlette Lake Hike above Lake Tahoe
The water from Marlette was then channeled into a first of its kind inverted siphon across the Washoe Valley to supply water to Virgina City.
HealtheHuman Medical Log Program
One of the biggest issues people with chronic conditions face is the accumulation and tracking of their health data. When we go to see the doctor and the tests results are not what was expected (good or bad) the first question the doctor asks is, “Have you changed anything recently?”
