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  2. California State Route 49 - Wikipedia

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    State Route 49 (SR 49) is a north–south state highway in the U.S. state of California that passes through many historic mining communities of the 1849 California gold rush and it is known as the Golden Chain Highway. [2] The road was initially lobbied in 1919 by the Mother Lode Highway Association, a group of locals and historians.

  3. Camp Salvation - Wikipedia

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    Camp Salvation was a refugee camp set up on September 23, 1849, to help those traveling to the California Gold Rush. Emigrants were crossing the harsh Sonoran Desert to get to California through the Southern Emigrant Trail. The camp was located in the current town of Calexico, California. Lieutenant Cave Johnson Couts, an Escort Commander with ...

  4. Gold Country - Wikipedia

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    This is where gold was discovered in 1848 by James Marshall at Sutter's Mill. [1] The 13.8 lb Fricot Nugget was found at Spanish Dry Diggings. [6] Sutter's Fort was destroyed by all the people that came here during the Gold Rush. [7] Mariposa County – Located in the southern portion of Hwy 49. This county is known for the Ghirardelli Factory ...

  5. Death Valley '49ers - Wikipedia

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    The monument (CHL No. 441) in Burnt Wagons, California, marking the site where the group killed their oxen and burned their wagonsThe Death Valley '49ers were a group of pioneers from the Eastern United States that endured a long and difficult journey during the late 1840s California Gold Rush to prospect in the Sutter's Fort area of the Central Valley and Sierra Nevada in California.

  6. Pioneer Trail Gold Rush Stories: Everything you need to know

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  7. Old mining camp of Brownsville - Wikipedia

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    The ranch's was bordered on the west by Coyote Creek. George Brown founded the ranch in the 1850, and supported the gold rush miners. George Brown sold the ranch in 1860 to William. Auditt and George March. In 1882 the ranch was sold to Leo Dolan and again sold in 1889 it was sold to William and Ethel Adams, mining engineer from Boston.

  8. Category:Gold rush trails and roads - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Gold rush trails and roads" ... California State Route 49; Cariboo Road; Chilkoot Trail; D. ... State Highway 8 (New Zealand) ...

  9. Dog Town, California - Wikipedia

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    Dog Town (also, Dogtown and Dogtown Diggings [3]) is a gold rush era ghost town in Mono County, California. [1] It is located at 38°10′13″N 119°11′51″W  /  38.1701984°N 119.1973749°W  / 38.1701984; -119.1973749 , on Dog Creek, near the junction of Clearwater and Virginia Creeks , about 6 miles (10 km) south-southeast of ...