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General Meetings
February 2008 Meeting Recap
May 24 -- Join us at the Rail Fair at the Ione Rail Yard on Saturday, May 24 for our May Amador County Historical Society meeting. Our speaker will be Debby Cook, County Archivist, author, and archaeologist. She will speak on the history of the Amador County railroad. The meeting begins at 12:00 noon.
Highlights of the Rail Fair include rides on the Amador Central Railroad, the large Skagit motorcar, and handcars. You can see the track speeders and meet and talk to their owners and operators. There will be a display of classic railroad equipment, including a restored Sheffield motorcar that was used on the railroad, and antique farm machinery and vintage trucks. And admission is free!
Take E. Main St. in downtown Ione to W. Main St., then to W. Sacramento, and then to S. Mill. There is plenty of parking.
The February ACHS meeting took place at the Jackson Community Center, and was a fund raiser for the Amador County Museum. We raised close to $500.00 for the museum, to be used as Georgia Fox, the curator, deems appropriate.
Starting at 6 p.m., we had a good attendance -- around 50 people. We started off with a pork loin dinner, planned and prepared by Charline Buckley and her mother, that got rave reviews.
Following dinner and desert our speaker for the night, Larry Cenotto, gave one of his typically fascinating presentations, this one on the permanent exhibit of photos and paintings that he helped plan and install at the Community Center. Larry then went around the room and talked about each of the large paintings, pointing out the interesting details and related history of each.