Folsom Powerhouse SHP

I left the Folsom History Museum.

I took a short walk down the hill to the American River.

I reached Folsom Powerhouse State Historic Park.

The park preserves and interprets this turn of the century hydroelectric plant.



The powerhouse presided over a period of modernization in Sacramento Valley.



Rivers such as the American were tamed.



I headed back to the Mystery Machine.



Next stop: prison.

Folsom History Museum

I left Auburn.

The rain cleared as I descended the  foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

I crossed into Sacramento County and the city of Folsom.



Folsom has a historic downtown with several things to see.



The Folsom History Museum is a good place to start.



Starting with the Maidu, several ethnic groups have thrived in California.



The Pony Express exhibit is one of the most complete I've seen.



This saddlebag is where mail was placed.

Agricultural exhibits.



Christmas dioramas.

Auburn

I left Marshall Gold Discovery SHP.

I crossed into Placer County and the town of Auburn.

My Dorling Kindersley Eyewitness Guidebook told of a free Gold Museum.




However the Mountain Mandarin Festival was charging an entrance fee.

Skipped it.



Headed for Folsom...