History
of Gas Lighting in America - Paul Ivazes of Quality
Lighting gave a lecture/slide show/historic examples presentation
covering the unwritten history of gas lighting and how gas
lighting changed our country and its architecture during
the 19th century. Paul has recreated and restored gaslight
fixtures dating from the 1840s to the 1900s.
6/18/08
Members'
trip to Empire Mine State Historic Park, Grass
Valley and Nevada City
6/19/08
June
Picnic in Woodland, YCHS along with the Yolo
County Historical Museum and Friends of the Yolo County
Archives.
10/26/08
Guest speaker: Dr. Haworth Clover Hesperian College,
1861-1896: A collegiate institution of the Civil War Era