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Congratulations to all of the newly elected Grand Officer's of Native Sons of the Golden West and to our new Grand President Ron Brocco 2021-2022. Special thanks to the 155 delegates for attending the 144th Grand Parlor at Feather Falls in Oroville. #ontheCAtrail

In this week's episode of This Old Safe, an old cannonball safe gets cracked open, has some stuff in it, then gets some of its lettering freshened up.

This Saturday, April 17th, is the Native Sons of The Golden West Hat to Spats sale. Head over to thier headquarters, down the hill from the Historic Courthhouse in Auburn, to pick up the finest in gently used period clothing.

Native Sons helping relocate the Harris Iron Works forge to the Berhard Museum

GUESS WHERE? FIND OUT SATURDAY! PART OF WOODLAND HISTORY TOURS, FEATURING OLD CHINA TOWN, APRIL 3 Free tours of the historic downtown Woodland will be offered o...n Saturday, April 3. The Woodland History Tours event featuring Old China Town in Dead Cat Alley between Elm and College streets is presented by Woodland Parlor 30, Native Sons of the Golden West and the Yolo County Historical Society (YCHS). Kathy Harryman, president of YCHS, will talk about the rich history of "China Alley" from 9 to 10 am at 444 Dead Cat Alley at The Roth Warehouse, located behind The Roth building at 431 Main Street. Attendees will be shown the locations of many of the Chinese dwellings and stores that were in the alley from the 1880s to the 1940s. There will be an open house at the event headquarters in The Roth Warehouse from 9 to noon. The Woodland Opera House will have an information table about the historic theater at Second & Main, also from 9 to noon. A tour of the newly renovated Plaza Building at 702 Main is scheduled from 10 to 11 and Woodland Gold & Silver will present a continuous postcard show at 619 Main during their regular open hours from 10 to 4. For those who enjoy tales from the other side, a half hour "Ghosts on the Block" tour will begin at 444 Dead Cat Alley at 11 am. For more information about the free activities in the downtown on April 3, drop in at 444 Dead Cat Alley on Woodland History Tours Day or visit facebook.com/WoodlandParlor30. Local history buffs are reminded to save the date for the 2021 Stroll Through History home tours and more free Woodland History Tours on Saturday, October 2. # # # Pictured is the 1886 Sanborn Fire Insurance Company map that shows old China Town in China Alley/Dead Cat Alley (between Main and Court) extending from Elm to College in Woodland.