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79th Amador County Fair, Plymouth, California, July 26-30, 2017. Originally stared in the 1870s in Ione, the Amador County Fair, 26th District Agricultural Association's annual exhibition started on just a few areas next to the school in Plymouth in 1938. Since then, this annual 4+ day event has consistently won awards for innovation and content, making the one of the best small-county fairs in the United States. Each years thousands flock through the gates to view livestock, bid at the Junior Livestock Auction, see and purchase art, home arts, the carnival, rodeo, the Destruction Derby, live music, mountain men, antique engines and tractors, a steam-powered saw mill, a frontier town, Native American village, commercial exhibits, gardens, food, fun, family.

78th Amador County Fair, Plymouth, California, July 28-31, 2016.

Looks like a job for Ione Homecoming’s Superheroes! 2015 marks the 139th Ione Homecoming Parade in Ione, California, one of the oldest continuous running celebrations in the state. It began as a reunion between the folks of Ione and the settlers from the surrounding area forced to either purchase their lands a second time or move away after title to the the land of the historic Rancho Arroyo Seco Mexican Land Grant were confirmed by President Abe Lincoln in the early 1860s. The first gathering was on Shakeley Hill west of town and eventually moved to its current location in Howard Park where the picnic continue to today. Every year since 1876, the parade continues down Main Street with the exception of perhaps WWII when most celebrations in the U.S. were suspended. The parade is one of the oldest continuous parades in the Mother Lode, California and in the U.S.A. Besides the parade on Main Street, there's kids' events including pet show and frog jump, a ranch rodeo, little league games, an aerial candy drop and the Ione Alumni Association dinner where many decades of graduates from Ione High School dine and socialize for their annual reunion.

2014 marks the 138th Ione Homecoming Parade in Ione, California, one of the oldest continuous running celebrations in the state. Perhaps only the Dixon May fair has enjoyed a longer run. It began as a reunion between the folks of Ione and the settlers from the surrounding area forced to either purchase their lands a second time or move away after title to the the land of the historic Rancho Arroyo Seco Mexican Land Grant were confirmed by President Abe Lincoln in the early 1860s. The first gathering was on Shakeley Hill west of town and eventually moved to its current location in Howard Park where the picnic continue to today. Every year since 1876, the parade continues down Main Street with the exception of perhaps WWII when most celebrations in the U.S. were suspended. The parade is one of the oldest continuous parades in the Mother Lode, California and in the U.S.A. Besides the parade on Main Street, there's kids' events including pet show and frog jump, a ranch rodeo, little league games, an aerial candy drop and the Ione Alumni Association dinner where many decades of graduates from Ione High School dine and socialize for their annual reunion.

2013 was the 137th Ione Homecoming Parade in Ione, California. It began as a reunion between the folks of Ione and the settlers from outside of town forced to either purchase their lands a second time or move away after the lands of the Rancho Arroyo Seco land grant were confirmed as legitimate by President Abe Lincoln in the early 1860s. The first gathering was on Shakeley Hill west of town and eventually moved to the current Howard Park where the picnics continue to today. Every year since 1876, the parade has gone down Main Street with the exception of perhaps WWII when all celebrations were suspended. The parade is one of the oldest continuous parades in the Mother Lode, California and in the U.S.A.

Annual Memorial Day goat feed and buffet at St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Church, Jackson, California

133rd annual Italian Picnic and Parade on Main Street, Sutter Creek, Calif. An annual event to celebrate Amador County's Italian heritage, mark the end of spring and the beginning of Summer here in the Gold Country.

Annual Sutter Creek Parade of Lights founded by community member Toni Lindsey. The annual parade packs the town and is very colorful with each parade entry colorfully light with LED lighting.

Our annual Christmas Parade sponsored by the Ione Business and Community Association in downtown Ione.

Sutter Creek's annual interfaith Procession of Las Posadas down the side streets and Main Street of Sutter Creek on a winter's evening. Las Posadas symbolizes the trials which Mary and Joseph endured before finding a place to stay where Jesus could be born, based on the passage in the New Testament, the Gospel of Luke, 2:1-9.

Annual candle light Scots walk during a yuletide evening in winter, Volcano, Calif. During the evening a traditional Celtic Oidche Choinnle, or Night of Candles to light the way of a stranger (Holy Family) during the Christmas Season. The Scots walk symbolizes goodwill wishing one a fire to warm and a light to guide during the cold winter season in Scotland. The walk starts at community hall and ends with a Celtic Blessing from the steps of St. Bernard's Catholic Church.

Fiesta de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe celebrated by the Hispanic community of Amador County, Calif., at St. Katharine Drexel Parish Church each December 12th.

On a morning in 1531, Juan Diego saw a vision on the Hill of Tepeyac near today’s Mexico City. This vision instructed him to build a church on the hill in her honor. Juan Diego recognized the maiden of his vision, the Virgin Mary. He told the archbishop of Mexico City what had happened. The archbishop instructed Juan Diego to return and ask for a sign of proof that she was true. First, she healed his uncle then to gather flowers and place them on this barren hill. It was the middle of winter and flowers?… But Juan Diego did not falter and found Castillan roses blooming nearby. The roses were were arranged as a cloak to shroud him and when he returned to see the archbishop, he opened the cloak and the roses fell to the floor and on the fabric was the image of the Virgin of Guadalupe—Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe. This day because of the weather, the celebration continued inside the gymnasium of St. Katherine Drexel Parish in Amador County.

Sutter Creek's annual interfaith Procession of Las Posadas down the side streets and Main Street of Sutter Creek on a winter's evening. Las Posadas symbolizes the trials which Mary and Joseph endured before finding a place to stay where Jesus could be born, based on the passage in the New Testament, the Gospel of St. Luke, 2:1-9.

9th Annual Ione Railfair on the Amador Central Railroad with rail motorcar excursions on the historic Amador County rail line from the Ione Depot to Sunnybrook, about a ten mile round trip. The historic railroad was built in 1904 and is the first recreational railroad conversion of an industrial line in the U.S. and today is used for historic railroad motorcar runs several times each year.

Jackson, California's annual Christmas Delights downtown on Main Street.

7th Love-A-Fair Valentine's Day Ball at St. Katharine Drexel parish hall, Martell

Rotary Club of Ione's first Show and Shine aircraft and auto show at the Eagle's Next airpark in Carbondale, Amador County, Calif. What a show!

Ione High School Class of 1964 50th reunion at the Ione Alumni Association dinner, Evalynn Bishop Hall, Ione, Calif. May 10, 2014.

Bishop Dr. Maxim of the Western America Diocese of the Serbian Orthodox Church leads the Devine Liturgy and Pomen Service in tribute to the founders of St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Church in Jackson before dedication of the church's new library in the name of Milo Radulovic and the debut of Milina Jovanovic's new book, "All Roads Lead to Jackson" on the history of the Serbian diaspora who came to Jackson as pioneers to a new land beginning in the 19th century and were important to the history of Jackson, Amador County, gold mining, California and of course, to St. Sava Church.

Annual Veterans Day Parade in downtown Jackson, California. Honoring the veterans from all the wars in small town America. Thanks to the the Veterans who made this day of honor possible!

Another nice Halloween parade with all the fixin's and presented by the Jackson Lions Club on Main Street, Jackson.

Four very, very scary nights at Ione's Preston Castle in October. Another great job by the Preston Castle Foundation and the Click Monkeys!

Plymouth-Foothills Rotary Club's "Party Boat '13" fundraiser at the Amador County Fairgrounds, April 27, 2013 to support the band and music programs at Amador and Argonaut High Schools.

The Sacred Mass of Dedication led by Bishop Jaime Soto of the Sacramento Diocese at the newly constructed St. Katharine Drexel Parish center and church, Martell, Amador County, California.

Another of many annual events in Amador County is a summer social of wine, music and art in the small Mother Lodge Gold Country village of Amador City.

Sponsored by the Amador County Recreation Agency, the annual Downhill Extravaganza is a hit with both kids and adults as they race down a hill ending the run right on Main Street, Historic SR 49 in Amador City.

Cowboy Campfire at Scofield's Red Mule Ranch in Fiddletown. A semi-weekly evening with beef and beans, cowboy coffee, cowboy poetry and music at an old-time ranch in Amador County.

Wine tasting by the glass and from the barrel with members of the Amador Vintner's Association during their annual Behind the Cellar Door event each late winter in Amador County, Calif.

Every January 7th you can count on hearing the explosion of firearms as Jackson and the Serbian community celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. It all began in the old country when people didn't have automobiles or telephones. The townsfolk climbed to the top of the hill and fire a couple of rounds in the air and the next village would do likewise. It was loud, crude and it worked! Today, the tradition continues here in Amador County.

Jackson Main Street's annual Christmas Delights during Black Friday and Plaidurday evenings in November.

Lions Club Hallowe'en Parade in Downtown Jackson, Amador County California. The streets were packed and the kids looked great this year!

Celebrated about two weeks after regular Christmas, the Orthodox community celebrates a more traditional and less commercial celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ.

Fiesta de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe celebrated by the Hispanic community of Amador County, Calif. at St. Patricks Catholic Church in Jackson during December...The annual event commemorates the Patroness of the Americas who appeared to Juan Diego near Mexico City in 1531.

Nick and Heather Gardella's wedding at Sierra Ridge WInery near Sutter Hill, Amador County, Calif.

Dr. Angelo Codevilla, Ph.D. speaking at a gathering of the Mother Lode Tea Party, July 2010, Plymouth Calif. Dr. Codevilla is the author of the American Spectator article regarding the "Ruling Class", Washington, DC's elite elected politicians, bureaucrats and appointed leaders who are leading the U.S. toward European Socialism. Dr.Codevilla is also the author of the recently published book: "The Ruling Class: How They Corrupted America and What We Can Do About It" with a forward written by Rush Limbaugh.

The annual Old Time Fiddler's jam in where else but Fiddletown, California. Lots of kids and adults place great music with their fiddles and other musical instruments.

Closing ceremony at Preston Youth Correctional Facility, Ione, Calif. formerly known as Preston School of Industry and famous for the Castle looming over the facility and the City of Ione. Preston was started in 1889, the first youth came on July 13, 1894, it celebrated its centennial in 1994 and was legislated for closure in October 2010. On June 2, 2011 was both a community open house to see the facility one last time. It officially closes "cold", June 30, 2011 and will be shut down, power and water disconnected and the gate locked for the last time. Timothy Mahoney, Preston's last Superintendent spoke about its history.

The annual custom and hot rod car show in late spring in downtown Jackson, California. Lots of historic, colorful and restored 1920s-1970s automobiles.

Kids, races, water mellon, fireworks, just a little of the Independence Day Celebration in the California Motherlode town of Jackson presented by the Jackson Lions Club annually.

One haunting experience once again at the ghost-filled Preston Castle in Ione, Amador County, California!

Jessie Grimshaw Saner of Ione, California was born near Sloughhouse, California in January 1913 and has made it to 100 years old. Through her family was lumped in with the Donner Party who nearly perished coming to California in 1846, her ancestors actually got to California before the storm that trapped the Donners. Her family actually tried to help rescue the Donners in the months to follower their tragic entrapment during that long winter.

Ione's annual Santa Parade sponsored by the Ione Business and Community Association on Main Street, Ione, Amador County, Calif.

American Legion Post 108, annual Veterans Day Parade, downtown Main Street, Jackson, California. The Land of the Free because of The Brave.

Slava of the Dormition of the Theotokos (Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary), celebrating the namesake of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Sacramento (Fair Oaks). Leading this Hierarchial Liturgy included Bishop Maxim of the Western American Diocese and Bishop Justin of Zica, Serbia. Visiting priests included iconographer Fr. Stimatis from Athens, Abbot Theodosy from the Decani Monastery in Kosovo, Frs. Dane and William from Fair Oaks and Deacon Dragan Stojanovich from Jackson. The morning liturgy concluded with the clergy and parishioners encircling the church followed by the blessing of the kolach, lunch and finally Kolo dancing by Serbian youth of the parish.

Sutter Creek's 10th annual interfaith Procession of Las Posadas down the side streets and Main Street of Sutter Creek on a chilly winter's evening. Las Posadas symbolizes the trials which Mary and Joseph endured before finding a place to stay where Jesus could be born, based on the passage in the New Testament, the Gospel of St. Luke, 2:1-9.