Also serving the communities of De Luz, Rainbow, Camp Pendleton, Pala and Pauma
Also serving the communities of De Luz, Rainbow, Camp Pendleton, Pala and Pauma
Miles Dewhirst, left, and Chase Norfolk work on their miniature shelter using rocks, sticks and grass for one of their Gold Rush Days projects.
In 1848, traveling and living conditions were rough and food was scarce, but thousands of people made their way to California in hopes of finding gold. Towns sprung up in the hills northeast of Sacramento with names like Rough & Ready, Last Chance and Happy Camp. Last Thursday, a bus left Live Oak Elementary School to travel 12 miles to the De Luz Ecology Center, taking 30 students back in time 162 years.
Like all fourth graders throughout the state each year, Miss Irwin’s class had been exploring California history. Since Sutter’s Mill, the site of the first discovery of gold, is too far nort...
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