What it's like to tour the CA State Archives
Touring the CA State Archives was like the Nicholas Cage movie "National Treasure" but more focused on California history (and no heist/theft... at least on my part.) Located a block away from the State Capitol building (in Sacramento), the State Archives is the storage place of government records, books, documents, and various artifacts. I along with four of my coworkers went on a tour for our office, and tours are generally open to the public on certain dates (including home schooled children). I figured it'd be the only time I'd check out the Archives, whereas my coworker Kelly was literally leaping with excitement, chattering about Constitutional debate documents. Our tour guide was very excited to be speaking with people other than his coworkers/happy to share his random knowledge of California [although he said not to trust some of the captions since Kelly found an error describing a Veteran's home in Sonoma County rather than her home county N...