What we’re about
The Elk Grove Historical Society's mission is to gather, preserve, and share the history of the community. We have the Tom Russell Research Center that contains a lot of historical subject matter and residents of the area and is open to the public. It is located in Heritage Park, an area of the Elk Grove Regional Park containing three museums, The Elk Grove House & Stage Stop, The Foulks House, and the San Joaquin Township Justice Court and Jail. They host Free 1st Saturday tours as well as annual events like the Spring Tea (May), 4-day Yard Sale (June), Founders Day (September), Black Tie & Santa and An Old Fashion Christmas (December). And we always appreciate volunteers to help with the many activities. Go to our website (elkgrovehistoricalsociety.com) to read about history and the Elk Grove Historical Society.
Upcoming events (2)
See all- Doctor R. Snick Medicine Show - Poisons & CuresNeeds location
Andrei Pischalnikoff has been a storyteller using various media for many years. With a previous background in helping people to accept technology changes (at a workplace of over 4,000 employees) and creating persuasive public media messages, he has enjoyed researching the historic marketing work of P.T. Barnum and the patent medicine industries of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Andrei has also dabbled in being a docent and living history performer. Andrei visits the patent medicine, quackery collections and the archives at the Sierra Sacramento Valley Medical Society Andrei also spends time in the Amador County of California, listening to the historians and volunteers who create events celebrating the past. Andrei portrayed a Kickapoo Medicine Showman at the 49er Wagon Train Days in April 2023 and did a presentation at the Kennedy Mine of Jackson in May of 2023.
Andrei has a passion sharing his knowledge with a specialized focus on the audience’s interests. Another passion is sharing advice on collecting artifacts, telling audiences “I am going to share with you, what I wish I could have told myself years ago when I started collecting”.
He collects various patent medicine artifacts, strange devices that claimed to cure serious diseases and a variety of ephemera related to quackery and deception. His interests extend to hoaxes, oddities and strange items of the Victorian and Edwardian eras.### The Dr. R. Snick Poisons and Cures Show
Learn about several of the poisons used in the past and how “cures” were sold, making incredible amounts of money for the purveyors, from hundreds of years ago to the 18th century and the early 20th century. Topics include; Famous poisons of the past, commonly used poisons, historic cures and poison detectors, and the dangers cures had.
#### For more information and fun, check out his website: https://www.doctorrsnick.com
Click here to see his 4 minute YouTube video
The speaker presentation is held at the Presbyterian Church at 8153 Elk Grove Boulevard, Elk Grove, CA 95624 (Turn north on Big Horn, behind the Chevron Station). FREE event, open to the public, and we have snacks.
