by Bill George, Historian | featured, Journal Entries
Another Award for our commitment to California history! We are proud to have won the “David Byrd Award of Meritorious Performance” from the California Council for the Promotion of History for outstanding contributions through documentary films. Bill George has...
by Bill George, Historian | Journal Entries
The “Clampers” started durng the Gold Rush. You can see their pranks everywhere! They wear red long-john shirts and call their leader the Noble Grand Humbug. They wear badges made from tin, and their motto is “Credo Quia Absurdum,” which means “I believe...
by Bill George, Historian | Journal Entries
The journalistic puns are already being employed; it’s a “thorny subject,” a “prickly issue,” etc. (I prefer “the subject was roses”) but the controversy over removing roses from Sacramento’s historic cemetery raises some serious issues. Here is a recent Sac Bee...
