In adddition to sharing a unique affiliation and business partnership with the Freeedom Trail Foundation, The GRT Foundation is currently developing a comprehensive partenership program: "Sister Trails International."

In the meantime, here's what one Boston columnist had to say about the Gold Rush Trail:

"San Francisco's Nod to Boston", by Martin F. Nolan, West Coast correspondent for the Boston Globe:

"In January of 1847, fewer than 500 people lived on the hills beside Yerba Buena Cove, now occupied by the skyscrapers of Wall Street West. Some traders and merchants sought a grander name, choosing the majestic bay surrounding their settlement.Yerba Buena became San Francisco. A year later, when gold was discovered in the Sierra Nevada foothills to the east, San Francisco became an instant city, drawing dreamers, rascals and adventurers, a reputation it has relished since. To celebrate, the city is recapturing some of it's history by borrowing an idea from an older city. The Gold Rush Trail, modeled after Boston's Freedom Trail, seeks to show San Francisco's schoolchildren, residents, and visitors the saga of opportunity and multicultural richness of the past 150 years. A nonprofit foundation has mapped out a 2-mile stroll of sixteen themes. Meandering across the former cove, filled in the 1850's with ships abandoned by crews heading to the gold fields, the trail focuses on downtown, away from the dramatic postcard views that intoxicate tourists."

The Gold Rush Trail Foundation is a volunteer organization and receives no city, state, or federal funds. It is supported by foundations, businesses and citizens interested in furthering its mission. For further information, please write to: The Gold Rush Trail Foundation, 57 Post Street, San Francisco, CA 94104, call: (415) 981-4849, or e-mail: contact@goldrushtrail.org.