California Original Pottery

Explore Placer County's colorful history on the Heritage Trail

Home to a thriving Native American culture, Placer County also played a major role in the California Gold Rush, the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad through the Sierra and later, planting orchards which provided high quality fruit to the East Coast. Today it also boasts a thriving outdoor recreation and tourism industry, built on the accomplishments of the past. For example, visitors to the Western SkiSport Museum at Boreal Mountain Resort can see the wooden skis dating from 1853, when gold miners on 14-foot “longboards” raced at 80 miles per hour down perilous slopes for sport, alongside photos and memorabilia from the 1960 Winter Games in Squaw Valley. The museum also houses the mailbag and skis of “Snowshoe” Thompson, who provided the only winter mail delivery service through the Sierra beginning in the 1850s. The Donner Summit Historical Society Museum, located in Soda Springs, features the unique history of Donner Summit. There is information about Native Americans, who crossed Donner Pass thousands of years ago, leaving behind petroglyphs and grinding rocks. Exhibits focus on “first events” across Donner Summit, such as the first wagon train to California, the first Transcontinental Railroad, Transcontinental highway, Transcontinental telephone line and Transcontinental air route. The Gatekeeper's Museum, also in Tahoe City, is a reconstruction of the original cabin used by the gatekeeper who controlled the flow of water out of Lake Tahoe into the Truckee River. The original cabin was destroyed by an arson fire in the 1980s. This museum showcases Tahoe history, including Washoe inhabitants, the logging era and establishment of tourism in the Tahoe Basin. Also, the Steinbach Indian Basket collection displayed includes more than 800 vintage and contemporary Native American baskets, jewelry, pottery and dolls.

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Why stop? Some of us are just meant to light the world up. :) I quit counting lamps somewhere around 32. As soon as I think I'm cured of my addiction I spot another and before I know it I'm rearranging everything to find a place for it. I have german figural lamps from the 1870's to mid-century modern. Just can't resist. It's a gorgeous lamp and you have the perfect home for it.

California Pottery, From Missions to Modernism

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Old-House Journal

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Pots of promise, Mexicans and pottery at Hull-House, 1920-40

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