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Hall & Crandall's Stage Lines
Many New England stagemen, whose livelihoods there were being steadily squeezed by the railroads, followed thousands of bedazzled gold...

Cheryl Anne Stapp
Sep 30, 20202 min read
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Mail Carriers Hit Pay Dirt
The bedazzled gold-rushers who swarmed into California in 1849 soon complained of many things—inflated prices, low-quality foodstuffs,...

Cheryl Anne Stapp
Aug 26, 20203 min read
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First Great Gold Camp on the Feather
In July 1848, a young man named John Bidwell discovered gold on the Middle Fork of the Feather River. His discovery was not by chance....

Cheryl Anne Stapp
Jul 29, 20202 min read
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The Next Big Gold Strike
Several weeks elapsed after the January 1848 gold discovery before people started believing it was genuine…and then events started...

Cheryl Anne Stapp
Jul 15, 20202 min read
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Formerly, The Forks
Downieville sits in a magnificent, rugged, wooded natural amphitheater surrounded by lofty, pine-covered peaks. The town, founded in late...

Cheryl Anne Stapp
Jul 8, 20201 min read
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Raging Infernos
Every town or village was vulnerable to fire during the early Gold Rush years, and few escaped its ravages. Thousands of prospectors in...

Cheryl Anne Stapp
Apr 29, 20201 min read
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The Mechanical Water System
Sacramento’s Water Works Building was the city’s answer to its need for a reliable water supply system that could prevent a small fire...

Cheryl Anne Stapp
Apr 8, 20202 min read
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