This event is in the past.It took place on May 31, 2026 at Columbia State Historic Park.










π"sooooo worth it" β Wild flower Honey on sourdough
πWear walking shoes for cobblestone streets
βοΈTry your hand at gold panning
Step through a time portal into 1852. This annual living history event transforms Columbia into a bustling mining camp tent town, complete with period-dressed docents, brass "eagle" coins for bartering, and enough gold panning, bowling, and saloon-hopping to fill a prospector's day.
Gold rush reenactment
Living history event
Family-friendly heritage
Period costume actors










π"sooooo worth it" β Wild flower Honey on sourdough
πWear walking shoes for cobblestone streets
βοΈTry your hand at gold panning
Step through a time portal into 1852. This annual living history event transforms Columbia into a bustling mining camp tent town, complete with period-dressed docents, brass "eagle" coins for bartering, and enough gold panning, bowling, and saloon-hopping to fill a prospector's day.
Gold rush reenactment
Living history event
Family-friendly heritage
Period costume actors