Old Sacramento Scavenger Hunt | A Free Historic Walking Tour in Sacramento, CA

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The Old Sacramento Scavenger Hunt is an example of how families can tap intothe enormous educational potential of backyards, state parks, national parks, andother public lands.

Use the map on the other side of this page to explore Old Sacramento. If you solve all of the riddles you can claim your free prize by visiting the Trailmix.Net stostore located on 116B I Street, right across from the Train Museum.

Note: If you have a group of more than 8, please call ahead to ensure that wehave enough prizes in stock. Our phone number is 888-95-TRAIL.

Let the expedition begin!

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For younger children (and the young at heart), try to find the following objects in these free museums. Admission is free, but operating hours vary.

Wells Fargo eye spyA very old copy machine

A safeA stagecoach

A A Wells Fargo MailboxGold Nuggets

Old Schoolhouse Eye SpyA Wood StoveAn American FlagA GlobeA Bookcase

A A Portrait of George Washington

Hardware Store Eye Spy8 HammersA Hand Pump

A Picture of the Edison lampAn AnvilDoor Knobs

The Riddles

The Pony Express Trail connected Sacramento to _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.(The rider will point you to the answer to your next riddle!)

If you took the stage to Letterbox, you would leave Sacramento at this time: _ : _ _. To solve the next riddle, look at the buildings on the other side of J Street.....

MaMark Twain, author of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, wrote articles for this Sacramento Newspaper:The Daily _ _ _ _ _.

Theodore Judah was one of the first people to seriously consider how to connect the east and west coasts by rail. His middle namewas: _ _ _ _ _ _ .

The Old Sacramento Schoolhouse was dedicated on Sept. 9th _ _ _ _ .

HHow many flagpoles are on the Delta King: _ .

The present day street address of the Central Pacific Railroad Ticket Office is:_ _ _ Front Street.

The first permanent theatre in California (The Eagle) was established in thisyear: _ _ _ _.

At the Huntington and Hopkins hardware store, you could purchase Rubber Hose, Belting, _ _ _ _ _ _ , Fuse, Rope, Blocks, Pitch, Tar, and other things.

TThis building, called the Mechanic’s _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ , is where you go to claim your prize.

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A living replica of the traditional one room schoolhouse. Admission is free.

Many called him “Crazy Judah” for hisidea of building a railroad through the steep and dangerous Sierra Nevada.

Step inside to learn about thehistory of banking in California. Don’tmiss the gold rush era “photocopier”.Admission is free.

The Delta King started making daily voyages to San Francisco in 1927. Astateroom would have cost you $3.50.

Did you solve all of the riddles? Visitthe Trailmix.Net store to pick up your free prize!!!

Step inside to explore this 1880’sera hardware store. Admission isfree.

If you needed to send a letter to the east coast in 1860, you could send it viaPony Express in about 10 days.

If you wanted to cross the continentin the late 1800s you could start yourjourney at the Central Pacific Railroad

If you wanted to visit the theatre during the early days of the gold rush,the Eagle would be your only option.

wells fargo

delta king

If you wanted to read articles written by Mark Twain, you could purchase this newspaper in 1866

Theodore Judah

old schoolhouse

Pony Express

Eagle Theatre

Railroad Station

the newspaper

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Hardware store

Mechanics Exchange