Gold Mining History in Auburn, California
November 27, 2021
Jonathan L visits California history in Auburn, California
Jonathan L visits California history in Auburn, California
Bok Kai Temple, a California registered landmark and national treasure, was built in 1880, the oldest Taoist temple in the United States.
DrFumblefinger visits Hope, Alaska. Site of the first Alaska gold rush, the town is small but many of the gold-era mining buildings survive.
DrFumblefinger shares the story of Sam Steele, the Lion of the Yukon. Sam kept law and order in the Klondike Gold Fields at a time when tens of thousands of would-be prospectors descended on the region in the late 19th century.
JonathanL takes us on a dive into California history including how the Gold Rush began and why Sacremento is the capital.
The place where it all began: Jonathan L takes us to the starting point of the 1849 California Gold Rush
In the hills of Minas Gerais, 500 km NW of Rio de Janeiro, this area produced more than half of the gold of the whole world between the 17th and 19th centuries!
Auburn is a town at a crossroads. Interstate 80 passes through from the Sierra Nevada Mountains, the desert of the Great Basin and the nation eastward, and west to San Francisco. It was the main route migrants traveled coming west,…
My favorite library Originally called Caldwell’s Upper Store, after Dr. Caldwell’s business which opened in 1849, by 1850 the town had become established enough that residents wanted a better name. Nevada City was chosen…
We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started, knowing the place for the first time. These words on a mural overlooking a parking lot in Grass Valley pretty much sum up the…
Jonathan L visits California history in Auburn, California
Bok Kai Temple, a California registered landmark and national treasure, was built in 1880, the oldest Taoist temple in the United States.
DrFumblefinger visits Hope, Alaska. Site of the first Alaska gold rush, the town is small but many of the gold-era mining buildings survive.
DrFumblefinger shares the story of Sam Steele, the Lion of the Yukon. Sam kept law and order in the Klondike Gold Fields at a time when tens of thousands of would-be prospectors descended on the region in the late 19th century.
JonathanL takes us on a dive into California history including how the Gold Rush began and why Sacremento is the capital.
The place where it all began: Jonathan L takes us to the starting point of the 1849 California Gold Rush
In the hills of Minas Gerais, 500 km NW of Rio de Janeiro, this area produced more than half of the gold of the whole world between the 17th and 19th centuries!
Auburn is a town at a crossroads. Interstate 80 passes through from the Sierra Nevada Mountains, the desert of the Great Basin and the nation eastward, and west to San Francisco. It was the main route migrants traveled coming west,…
My favorite library Originally called Caldwell’s Upper Store, after Dr. Caldwell’s business which opened in 1849, by 1850 the town had become established enough that residents wanted a better name. Nevada City was chosen…
We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started, knowing the place for the first time. These words on a mural overlooking a parking lot in Grass Valley pretty much sum up the…