NHP - Klondike Gold Rush

                                                                                                                            

The Klondike Gold Rush National Historic Park was establish in 1976 as the US Portion of an International Historic Park celebrating the Klondike Gold Rush of 1897.  In 1998 the joint venture with Canada to create an International Park came to fruition, but each kept the name of their already established portions. 

In 2007 the Madden Family gathering was a cruise to Alaska.  One of the stops was Skagway.  A number of buildings in the town are part of historic park.  We wandered through the town for a while visiting museums and other fun places including the Red Onion which also dates back to the Gold Rush.

We took a hike up the Chilkoot Trail thru the cemetery and up to Lower Reid Falls. 

Klondike Gold Rush NHP

NHP - Klondike Seattle

Klondike Gold Rush International Historic Park = Canada

In Seattle we visited the Washington component of the historic park.  A museum was established there on the waterfront in 2006. 

CSHP - Sonoma

The Sonoma Historic Park is just off the Sonoma Plaza.  The historical buildings include: San Francisco Solano Mission, which can be found in an earlier post, the Blue Wing Inn, Sonoma Barracks, the Toscano Hotel & Kitchen, and the Servants Quarters (the remains of La Casa Grande).  

The Barracks

Toscano Hotel

 

 

Sonoma State Historic Park

Sonoma Petaluma Parks

Lachryma Montis - Home of General Vallejo

Located about a mile from the rest of the buildings General Vallejo's house is well worth a stop.  The ranger that was on site when I visited had a wealth of information and historical trivia to share.

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The Last Quilt of 2023 - I Fell in love with the background which is also the back and had to create a quilt!

 

Mission - San Francisco Solano (1823)

 The furthest north of the Spanish Missions, San Francisco Solano was built in 1823

The mission museum has some wonderful artifacts, that have been gathered to replace what originally would have been there.  

 

 

The chapel was decked out for Christmas when I visited.

When the catholic church sold the mission they moved everything to the new church.  The new church burned down twice, leaving nothing in the way of original furnishings to return to the mission.  The stations of the cross currently in the chapel were purchased in Rome in a second hand shop.

San Francisco Solano Mission

San Francisco Solano Mission

California Thru My Lens - San Francisco Solano Mission

Early California Resource Center - Mission San Francisco Solano

  

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