The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-05-17
WILL BRING BACK
THE DAYS OF 40"
IN CELEBRATION

SACRAMENTO Calif-The Days
of 40" around which are written the
most romantic chapters of CALIFORNIA;
history will be revivified in a gigantic
six-day celebration in Sacramento,
May 1928. The entire city and sur
rounding sections are today bristling
with activity in preparation for the
event, and no detail is being overlook
ed in the determination to accurately
depict the thrilling annals of the gold
rush period
For months the California state Ii
brary has been collecting facts and in
formation to secure flawless repro
duction of the life. customs and out
! standing historical features which
have made the Days of '49" a house
hold expression throughout the United
States. Under leadership of the Sac
ramento chamber of commerce men
and women throughout the expansive
area traversed by the "Old Gold trails"
are bending their energy to the task
of developing those facts into cele-
bration of vivid realism
"Gold Rush" Styles.
So genuine is the enthusiasm of Sac
ramento citizens and their desire TO
faithfully typify the true spirit OF 40
that they will discard modern dress
and revert to styles of the gold rush
days Some Of the most enthusiastic of
the male population are even now vie
ing with one another for the honor of
exhibiting the most characteristic crop
of 40 whiskers, while women are bios
soning out in styles that were in
vogue during the period of the gold
rush.
Many thousands of dollars will he
expended in the. construction of mining
towns, duplicating those of good rush
times, with their bizarre appearance
and seething action. Street cars and
automobiles win give way to OK teams,
prairie schooners, stage coaches and
burrows as means of transportation
over the principal business streets. All
sections of the old mining country
have contributed treasured relics and
paraphernalia which are now being as
sembled into a most extraordinary ex-
hibit
Surrounding Suffer fort, most ia
| nous of 40 landmarks. will be clusters
of Indian villages inhabited by real IN
dams. The fort was the first interior
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and when one of General Suffers men
| discovered gold it became the rendez-
yous of gold frenzied thousands. 1t is
around this old structure, with its col
orful historic setting that the celebra-
tion will revolve
Real Gold Nuggets.
Within the shadow of the fort real
gold nuggets will be washed out with
pan and cradle as in the days of '49
1t will be the starting point for trips
! over the original old Gold Trail
There will be a river event depicting
the founding of Suffer fort; gold
rush" parade" made up entirely of OK
teams, stage coaches, burros, prairie
schooners, Indians and grizzeld
miners; the coming of Fremont, Kit
Carson, Vallejo and other historical
celebrities win be re-enacted; there
will be a governors inaugural ball,
la Days of 49," all in attendance
wearing styles Of that period; the first
locomotive driven on the western ter
minal of the first transcontinental
railroad will be piloted up the main
street by the original engineer, John
r. Lonergan, now millionaire manu-
facturer of Philadelphia. Rounding out
the big program will be America S
greatest wild west contest
TranscontinentaI railroads. recogniz-
ing the national scope of the celebra-
ton, have decided to put California
excursion rates into effect on May Is,
giving eastern people an opportunity
to attend the entire celebration.