Opening for the season April 1, 2022. Spring hours: Friday-Sunday 11-3
Museum of the Sierra Folklore Webinar Series: Bad Boys of the Central Sierra
Date/Time: Thursday, March 31st at 6:00 pmLocation: Zoom Meeting RoomSpeaker: Steve MerrillCost: FREE!Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/folklore-webinar-series-bad-boys-of-the-central-sierra-tickets-288301907767Presentation Overview:Evans and Sontag: Train robbers of the Old West, right here in the Central Valley. Simmering anger at the all-dominating Southern Pacific railroad erupted into five violent train robberies in between 1889 and 1892. Aften months on the run to Eshom Valley, and other Sierra locations, they encountered a posse. John Sontag died from gunshots at the Stone Corral, northeast of Visalia, in a shootout with the deputies in June,1893. Chris Evans was eventually apprehended. After a jail break in Fresno, resulting in eventual recapture, he received…