UPCOMING EVENTS
Tuesday, September 15 • 6:30 p.m.
Jean Harvie Community Center
During the golden age of American train travel, the dining car was the heart of life aboard the train—a place to enjoy meals prepared from scratch and served on fine china, crystal, and silver. But dining on the rails wasn’t always so elegant.
Join railroad historian Marilyn Sommerdorf for a fascinating look at the history of railroad dining, from its humble beginnings to the celebrated dining cars of America’s great passenger trains.
Sommerdorf is a longtime railroad historian and volunteer with the California State Railroad Museum, where she previously worked in photography, collections, and exhibits.
Thursday, September 24 • 1:00–4:00 p.m.
Jean Harvie Community Center
Help us celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Jean Harvie Community Center, originally built as the Walnut Grove School in 1926.
The afternoon will feature a centennial dedication, historical displays, community stories, refreshments, and an open house. Former students, families, neighbors, and friends are invited to reconnect and celebrate a century of community history.
This year's Delta Awards have been postponed. More information will be posted when available.
Saturday, October 17 • 10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Center for Sacramento History • 551 Sequoia Pacific Blvd., Sacramento
Free Admission
Celebrate National Archives Month and discover rarely seen treasures from archives and special collections throughout the Sacramento region.
The Sacramento River Delta Historical Society will be stationed at the Center for Sacramento History, one of four host locations for the annual Sacramento Archives Crawl. Free bus transportation will connect all four host sites throughout the day.
Stop by and discover some of the fascinating stories preserved in the SRDHS collections.
Click here to visit the Sacramento Archives Crawl site and learn more!
Saturday, November 21 • 2:00 p.m.
Jean Harvie Community Center
Experience the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta through the remarkable photography of Rich Turner, award-winning photographer and founder and publisher of Soundings Magazine.
Drawing on more than 50 years of photographing the region, Rich will share images and stories capturing the Delta’s waterways, landscapes, communities, and everyday life—and the special character of a place he has spent a lifetime documenting.