Rich Bar
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heringermr
N 40° 00.550 W 121° 11.460
10T E 654399 N 4430342
A plaque commemorating a gold rush camp along Highway 70 in the Feather River Canyon.
Waymark Code: WMHWMC
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 08/20/2013
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Gold was first found here in July 1850 by miners coming over the mountains from the Yuba Diggins, and there was much production during early 1850s along this east branch of the Feather River's north fork. Here 'Dame Shirley' (Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe) wrote her Letters From the California Mines, one of the classics of the gold rush.
Marker Number: 337.00
Marker Name: RICH BAR
County: Plumas
Has Official CA Plaque: yes
Marker Dedication Date: 09/13/1957
Location:
Rich Bar, on State Hwy 70 (P.M. 18.8), 4 mi SE of Belden, 23.6 mi NW of Quincy
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