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1/27/08 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