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TCHS CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Monthly Programs are usually held at
7 p.m. on the fourth Friday of the month in the Tuolumne County
Library at 480 Greenley Road, Sonora, CA. The summer schedule
varies. The public is invited at no charge and refreshments
are served. Meetings or events held at the History Center or
Museum are located at 158 West Bradford Avenue, Sonora, CA.
Cable 8 programs are broadcast on Comcast Cable TV 2nd and 4th
Fridays and present the previous month's Monthly program that was
presented at the Library. If no previous month program was
presented, Cable 8 will broadcast an earlier Monthly program..
Map and Directions to the Library
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2010 |
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JANUARY 2010 |
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January 13
2:30pm
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TCHS Board
of Directors meeting in the
History
Center
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January 22
7:00pm
Notice - This
meeting was cancelled due to bad weather. It will be
rescheduled soon.
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Lecture and
photographic slide presentation on the subject of pioneer travel
along the famed “Oregon California Trail.” This program
will feature Oregon California Trails Association (OCTA) member
Frank Tortorich.
Mr. Tortorich
will illustrate and guide us in detail the difficult hardships
of early pioneer families and mountain men from all walks of
life and their hazardous experiences walking or riding along the
dusty trails of the North Fork Platt River in the 1830’s to the
1870’s. You are welcome to journey along with us as an
armchair adventurer leaving Independence or Saint Joe, Missouri
and travel along the North Fork Platt River, past Independence
Rock, then struggle over South Pass, Wyoming in the Rocky
Mountains, at a 7550 elevation. (Trivia: Why did they call it
Independence Rock?)
From there,
several options were available for the tired pioneer travelers.
They could split off from the Oregon and California trail to
other trails and make their way over to the Willamette Valley in
Oregon or into the California Sierra Nevada Mountains and maybe
to Sonora.
Please join
us. We’ll have an extra log on the fire for you!
The program
will be held at the Tuolumne County Public Library Community
Meeting Room at 480 Greenley Road in Sonora. There is plenty of
free parking and the library is handicap accessible.
Refreshments will be served. |
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January 28
2:00pm
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Tuolumne
County Museum Board Meeting
in the History Center
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FEBRUARY 2010 |
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February 10
2:30pm
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TCHS Board
of Directors meeting at the Delta Blood Bank (Note change of
location). |
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February 25
2:00pm
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Tuolumne
County Museum Board Meeting
in the History Center
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February 26
7:00pm
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Samuel Clemens Out West
The well known author and
humorist Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known to many as “Mark
Twain,” returns to deliver another lecture on his adventures out
West, including mining on the Nevada Comstock, big trouble in
San Francisco, pocket mining near Tuttletown, and spinning yarns
at Jack Ass Hill in Tuolumne County.
Featuring
Pat Kaunert
as Mark Twain.
Doors open at
6:30, the trouble begins at 7:00. Admission:
Free. Tickets: Not necessary |
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MARCH
2010 |
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March 10
2:30pm
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TCHS Board
of Directors meeting in the
History
Center
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March 25
2:00pm
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Tuolumne
County Museum Board Meeting
in the History Center
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March 26
7:00pm
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History of CDF/CalFire
The 100 year
history of the California Department of Forestry and Fire
Protection, known today as “CAL FIRE,” will be the focus of a
TCHS History Program on February 26 at 7 pm in the Tuolumne
County Public Library Community Meeting Room at 480 Greenly Road
in Sonora.
CAL FIRE
Battalion Chief Barry Rudolph will present an interesting
chronological PowerPoint slide presentation of the origin of CAL
FIRE operations in Tuolumne and Calaveras County. For many
years Chief Rudolph has participated in numerous major fire
incidents throughout Tuolumne and Calaveras County and has
created an outstanding collection of historical fire photographs
from the ground and from the air. |
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APRIL
2010 |
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April 14
2:30pm
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TCHS Board
of Directors meeting in the
History
Center
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April 17
5:30pm
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54th Annual Lamplight Dinner.
Mother Lode Fairgrounds, Manzanita Bldg. 5:30pm Social Hour,
6:30pm Dinner. Hales and Symons Program presented by Mark
Bergstrom. $30.00 per person. (No refund after April
3rd).
Click here for the form to mail in to send in your
reservations.
The 54th Annual Lamplight Dinner
will be held at a new location this year - Mother
Lode Fairgrounds, Manzanita Building. This isn’t the first time
the Lamplight Dinner has been held at the fairgrounds. The
tradition began in 1959 - 1970,and again 1980 - 1982, when the
“third annual dinner was moved to the
fairgrounds in Sonora which had a hall capable of serving 398
dinners; however, even then some members and their guests could
not be accommodated. For some years following there was always a
waiting list in the event of last minute cancellations,”
according to the CHISPA, “The First 40 Years of the
Tuolumne County Historical Society” by Mary Etta Segerstrom.
The theme for the event will be
honoring the 100 year history of Hales and Symons - 1898 - 1998.
Originally supplying feed and hay to teamsters coming into
Sonora, the company later sold lumber, hardware, propane and
even appliances. Guest speaker Mark Bergstrom will give a
PowerPoint presentation on his recollections of growing up in
Sonora and show historic photos of Hales and Symons. Mr.
Bergstrom will share stories from some of the longtime employees
and Irving Symons. Mark Bergstrom, a native
of Tuolumne County, has 32 years of executive management
experience, serving 20 years in rail and bus management
consulting throughout the U. S. and internationally. For the
past 12 years he has served in non-profit management positions
in land, coldwater fisheries and waterfowl habitat conservation.
While working at Sonora Area Foundation, Mr. Bergstrom launched
a successful program to provide needed food, shelter, clothing
and energy for the County’s at-risk population. Mr. Bergstrom’s
two children, Matt and Kate are both currently working in New
York City. |
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April 22
2:00pm
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Tuolumne
County Museum Board Meeting
in the History Center
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April 23
8:30pm
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Cable 8 Program. History of CDF/CalFire. |
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MAY
2010 |
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May 12
2:30pm
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TCHS Board
of Directors meeting in the
History
Center
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May 14
8:30pm
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Cable 8
Program.
Mark Bergstrom's presentation from the Lamplight dinner,
Hales and Symons. |
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May 27
2:00pm
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Tuolumne
County Museum Board Meeting
in the History Center
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May 28
7:00pm
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Sonora's Jewish
Families - Presented by Pat Perry
The original
Tuolumne County Historical Society program scheduled for May
28th is being rescheduled. In its place we are fortunate to
have Sonora City Historian Pat Perry who will be making a
presentation on Sonora's Jewish families who lived here in the
1800s, and early 1900s. Pat has done extensive research on the
Jewish Cemetery in Sonora and will incorporate some of that
information in her talk. She has been in contact
with descendants of many of these families who have generously
contributed photographs. This should be an interesting program
on a little known community who made important contributions to
Sonora's history.
The program will be
held at the Tuolumne County Public Library Community Meeting
Room at 480 Greenley Road in Sonora. There is plenty of
free parking and the library is handicap accessible.
Refreshments will be served. |
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May 28
8:30pm
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Cable 8
Program.
Mark Bergstrom's presentation from the Lamplight dinner,
Hales
and Symons. |
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JUNE
2010 |
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June 9
2:30pm
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TCHS Board
of Directors meeting in the
History
Center
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June 11
8:30pm
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Cable 8
Program.
TCHS Monthly May Program - Jewish Families in Sonora. |
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June 24
2:00pm
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Tuolumne
County Museum Board Meeting
in the History Center
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June 25
7:00pm
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Rogers Locomotive.
Kim Baker, Railtown 1897 State Park Superintendent and George
Sapp, Restoration Specialist will present a program showing the
process
of preservation of one of its
most famous steam engines, a Rogers Locomotive— No.
3—”The Movie Queen.” Photos of work accomplished and history
over the life of the engine will be covered and its appearances
in feature movies ( High
Noon,
Back to the Future III)
and television series (Petticoat Junction,
Bonanza and Little
House on the Prairie).
In 2007-2008, an enor-mous effort
began to raise funds to fully rehabilitate No. 3. The 1891 steam
engine is being completely restored to its period of
significance being defined by the 1929 configuration, as
it appeared in the film “The Virginian.”
The program will be
held at the Tuolumne County Public Library Community Meeting
Room at 480 Greenley Road in Sonora. There is plenty of
free parking and the library is handicap accessible.
Refreshments will be served. |
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June 25
8:30pm
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Cable 8
Program.
TCHS Monthly May Program - Jewish Families in Sonora.. |
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JULY
2010 |
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July 14
2:30pm
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TCHS Board
of Directors meeting in the
History
Center
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July 9
8:30pm
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Cable 8
Program.
TCHS Monthly June Program - The Rogers Locomotive. |
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July 9-11
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MOTHER LODE 2010 - THE SOUTHERN MINES.
Sponsored by Buena Vista Museum of Natural History Bureau of
Land Management.
This 3-day program explores the geology and personalities of the
Southern Mother Lode. The tour features two underground mine
tours, placer mining and mining era history. there
are many venues in this presentation. The venue on July
10th will be 07:00 -0830 pm Public Lectures, Tuolumne
County History Center, Sonora, "Geology and Personalities of the
Southern Mother" Lode Part 2.
Dr. Gregg Wilkerson, a senior
geologist for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), will be the
guest speaker on
Saturday, July 10th The
lecture, sponsored by the Buena Vista Museum of Natural History
and BLM, is part of a program exploring geology and
personalities of the Southern Mother Lode. Dr. Wilkerson began
working for the BLM in 1986 and since 1993, has organized more
than 150 public outreach tours
Click here
for a complete list of venues. |
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July 10
3:00pm |
Ghost Tours in Columbia will again be available by Carol
Biederman, author and historian on July 10, August 14, September
11, and October 16 at 3:00pm. Tours are limited to 22 persons.
Tickets are $10 per person and can be purchased at the Columbia
SHP Museum or by calling 209-532-3184. These “ghostly” tours are
sponsored by the Friends of Columbia and Jeff & Jackie Briggs of
the City Hotel. |
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July 22
2:00pm
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Tuolumne
County Museum Board Meeting
in the History Center
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July 23
8:30pm
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Cable 8
Program.
TCHS Monthly June Program - The Rogers Locomotive. |
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AUGUST
2010 |
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August 11
2:30pm
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TCHS Board
of Directors meeting in the
History
Center
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August 13
8:30pm
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Cable 8
Program.
TCHS Monthly July Program |
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August 14
3:00pm |
Ghost Tours in Columbia will again be available by Carol
Biederman, author and historian on July 10, August 14, September
11, and October 16 at 3:00pm. Tours are limited to 22 persons.
Tickets are $10 per person and can be purchased at the Columbia
SHP Museum or by calling 209-532-3184. These “ghostly” tours are
sponsored by the Friends of Columbia and Jeff & Jackie Briggs of
the City Hotel. |
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August 26
2:00pm
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Tuolumne
County Museum Board Meeting
in the History Center
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August 29
7:00pm
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Mark Twain
Returns. The Tuolumne County Historical Society is
proud to host a
special event featuring Mark Twain and Bret Harte -- together --
as they will discuss their adventures while they lived in the
Mother Lode, and its influence on their subsequent writings.
The title of their presentation: "Jackass Hill: The birthplace
of American literature out West."
This event will be held at a special time: Sunday, August 29th
at 7 pm. in the Community Room of the Tuolumne County Library
main branch at 480 Greenley Road in Sonora. The presentation is
FREE and open to the public, and refreshments will be served.
Please note that this event will take place instead of the
previously scheduled Mark Twain solo event on Saturday, August
28th.
You might even want
to prepare yourself by purchasing a copy of Mark Twain’s
Sojourn in Tuolumne County, which is sold at the Tuolumne
County Museum or online by selecting "Online Store" on the top
menu of this page. ($10 member,$12 non-member).
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August 27
8:30pm
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Cable 8
Program.
Mother Load 2010 - The Southern Mines |
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SEPTEMBER 2010 |
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September 8
2:30pm
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TCHS Board
of Directors meeting in the
History
Center
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September 10
8:30pm
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Cable 8
Program.
TCHS Monthly August Program |
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September 11 3:00pm |
Ghost Tours in Columbia will again be available by Carol
Biederman, author and historian on July 10, August 14, September
11, and October 16 at 3:00pm. Tours are limited to 22 persons.
Tickets are $10 per person and can be purchased at the Columbia
SHP Museum or by calling 209-532-3184. These “ghostly” tours are
sponsored by the Friends of Columbia and Jeff & Jackie Briggs of
the City Hotel. |
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September 23
2:00pm
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Tuolumne
County Museum Board Meeting
in the History Center
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September 25
11am-2pm
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Museum Day at the
Tuolumne County Museum and History Center.
Preservation of History Using Digital Technology and Space Saver
Shelving Systems. The Space Saver shelving has
recently been installed in the
History
Center and
is currently being repopulated. This is the first opportunity
for the public-at-large to see behind-the-scenes.
Demonstrations of the new shelving operation, digital processing
technology such as photo scanning of 35,000+ photos, museum
software-Past Perfect, computer work stations, and a large
screen viewing of the Tuolumne County Historical Society’s
website. Volunteers will explain the various local resources
available to historical researchers.
Tours of the Museum
by knowledgeable docents and a demonstration of Me-Wuk basket
weaving will highlight the day. Refreshments and live music
will be on hand, along with an opportunity to purchase local
historical publications not found anywhere else. |
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September 24
8:30pm
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Cable 8
Program.
TCHS Monthly August Program. Mark Twain Returns. |
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OCTOBER 2010 |
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October 13
2:30pm
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TCHS Board
of Directors meeting in the
History
Center
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October 8
8:30pm
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Cable 8
Program.
TCHS Monthly September Program |
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October 16
3:00pm |
Ghost Tours in Columbia will again be available by Carol
Biederman, author and historian on July 10, August 14, September
11, and October 16 at 3:00pm. Tours are limited to 22 persons.
Tickets are $10 per person and can be purchased at the Columbia
SHP Museum or by calling 209-532-3184. These “ghostly” tours are
sponsored by the Friends of Columbia and Jeff & Jackie Briggs of
the City Hotel. |
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October 22
7:00pm
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Monthly Program -
Tuolumne County Library at 480 Greenley Road, Sonora, CA.
Details to follow. |
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October 28
2:00pm
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Tuolumne
County Museum Board Meeting
in the History Center
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October 28
8:30pm
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Cable 8
Program.
TCHS Monthly September Program |
October 30
10am-4pm |
Document Shredding Fund Raiser -
Longson
Document & Paper Shredding—221 Southgate Dr.
(next to the
Mother Lode Fairgrounds entrance, behind Subaru Service).
Click here for More Details. |
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NOVEMBER 2010 |
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November 10
2:30pm
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TCHS Board
of Directors meeting in the
History
Center
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November 12
8:30pm
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Cable 8
Program.
TCHS Monthly October Program |
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November 25
2:00pm
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Tuolumne
County Museum Board Meeting
in the History Center
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November 26
7:00pm
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Monthly Program -
Tuolumne County Library at 480 Greenley Road, Sonora, CA.
Details to follow. |
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November 26
8:30pm
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Cable 8
Program.
TCHS Monthly October Program |
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DECEMBER 2010 |
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December 8
2:30pm
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TCHS Board
of Directors meeting in the
History
Center
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December 10
8:30pm
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Cable 8
Program.
TCHS Monthly November Program |
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December 23
2:00pm
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Tuolumne
County Museum Board Meeting
in the History Center
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December 24
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Yearly General Membership Meeting and Election of Officers |
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December 8
8:30pm
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Cable 8
Program.
TCHS Monthly November Program |
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