Calendar of Events

It’s March 1890. The Gilded Age is in full swing, with those at the top richer than they’ve ever been, and the poor… well the poor are the same everywhere. The Railroads cut a beaten path through the country from east to west and north to south, but there are still pockets of unruliness, still regions that have no interest in being folded into the ever expanding United States. The railroads bring jobs to many, but also destitution to those of the Old West who made their living by their wits. With Montana and Washington state joining in late ’89 as the 41st and 42nd States, the world is getting smaller…

From Seattle to San Antonio, a newspaper advert is the talk of the town. B.C. Vanderbilt, that eccentric black sheep of the society family, is seeking those down on their luck to go on some sort of mysterious expedition in his name. Rumours abound – he’s searching for one of the lost cities of god; seeking treasure stolen by a missing Confederate general; finding an heir worthy of leaving his share of the Vanderbilt fortune to; even trying to find the mythical fountain of youth.

All anyone knows for sure is, if they really want to know, they’d better be in New Columbia on the 27th March…