Miner 49ers: Gold Rush and Pioneer Days
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We struck gold!
This week you put yourself in the boots of pioneers of yore during the time of the Bear Flag Republic as you become homesteaders and prospectors seeking the mother lode.
Readings from pioneer diaries mingle with learning all the things a prospector would need to survive in the wilderness: gold panning, safe whittling, caring for a burro, building fires, outdoor cooking, and more.
Throughout visits to local historic mining sites as well as pioneer trails you will always keep your eyes open for that glint of gold.
Eureka!
You also become a Wilder, a homesteader living with the land around you. Wilders tend to gardens, animals and other parts of the farm and ranch. Learn to grow food and find your livelihood close to the land.
All this plus we offer plenty of down home fun and good times: from old fashioned music to playing old school pioneer's games.
Locations
Our summer drop-off and pick-up location is 3601 San Pablo Ave, Emeryville/Oakland
Register for Miner 49ers: Gold Rush and Pioneer Days
Ages 0-Adult lorem ipsum includes
• mobile camp around local Greenspaces and Beyond
• history and life of the Gold Rush
• visit historical sites of the Bear Flag Republic Pioneer Days
• Gold panning
• Visit local mines
• Donkey care basics
• candle or herbal soap making
• how to safely light a campfire (with instructors)
• safe and supervised whittling
• wild edible and medicinal plants
• fun in the pioneer garden and farm
• mapping and orientation
• nature hikes and play
• reading from pioneer diaries
• wood fire cooking
