Chautauqua: Kim Harris as Eliza Eppinger presents 'San Francisco is Burning!'
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Thu, 07/28/2022 - 11:44am
Event Date:
August 10, 2022 - 6:30pm At precisely 5:12 am on Wednesday, April 18,1906, the world literally fell away from Eliza Eppinger’s feet. What is now referred to as the “Great Earthquake and Fire of San Francisco” would prove to be salvation for Eliza and her husband Jacob. However, Eliza’s story begins not in the city that the Comstock built, but as a woman from Pennsylvania, who through happenstance owned a hotel in Silver Mountain City, Alpine County, Calif, often referred to as “Comstock South."
Eliza will share with you a picture of the dreams of the miners who rushed to Northern Nevada and California, hoping to “strike it rich” in silver. Along the way you will meet her eccentric family, some of whom often ended up on the wrong side of the law. Lastly, you will walk with her through San Francisco during those four horrific days, as our country’s newspaper headlines blazed “San Francisco is Burning!”
Kim Harris is an accomplished Chautauquan who has portrayed living history characters at various venues including Genoa Cowboy Festival, Pipers Opera House, the Gold Hill Hotel, Granlibakken, Dangberg Historic Park and The Lake Tahoe Chautauqua Festival.
Harris currently serves as Events Manager at Dangberg Home Ranch Historic Park in Minden, NV, and is the owner and operator of Western History ALIVE! where she portrays several Chautauqua characters including stagedriver Charley Parkhurst, Libbie Bacon Custer and Lizzie Borden.
The event is August 10, 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 for adults and can be purchased at dangberg.eventbrite.com. Members of Friends of Dangberg Home Ranch receive reduced pricing on Chautauqua tickets. Children 16 and younger will be admitted for free when accompanied by a ticketed adult. Please contact the park at 775-783-9417 or visit Dangberg.org for more information about supporting this 501(c)(3) non-profit.
Chautauqua programs are funded in part by a grant from Nevada Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Please bring your own seating to this outdoor event, and no pets allowed--certified service animals only. Guests are welcome to bring food or beverage, as none will be sold at this event.
The park is located at 1450 Hwy 88, 3/4 mile south of the high school and roundabout. For more information, visit Dangberg.org or write info@dangberg.org.
