About the Author

Maryellen Burns is the Project Director of We Are Where We Eat, a Sacramento foodways alliance that chronicles Sacramento's food stories. A writer, editor, teacher and former caterer, she serves on the boards of the Sacramento County Historical Society and I Street Press and is a member of numerous associations. Keith Burns is an author, publisher, film and television writer, director and producer, as well as an antiques, popular culture and entertainment industry consultant and appraiser. His bookstore (Books on Main) and site for ephemera (Burns Bizarre) feature more than one million historic books, artifacts and ephemera. Bob Miller is an illustrator, designer and advertising director. He has exhibited widely in galleries and art fairs, and his murals and whimsical drawings grace the promenade connecting Old Sacramento to the K Street Mall River Walk on the east side of the Sacramento River.