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Forest City: Sierra County’s authentic Gold Rush ghost town
Forest City, appropriately named because of its location in the Tahoe National Forest, was settled in the summer of 1852…
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Timbuctoo: a once prominent town of Yuba County’s distant past
Californian’s don’t have to journey to Africa or trek off to a remote location in the middle of nowhere to discover…
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Randsburg: the friendliest ghost town in California
California is littered with old mining towns barely hanging on to their existence, dangerously flirting with ghost town status. One…
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Silver City: a ghost town with cardiac arrested decay
Silver City is one of the most unique ghost towns in all of California. Like Bodie State Park and Calico,…
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North Bloomfield: a charmingly preserved ghost town
History According to local lore, in 1851, after three miners discovered gold nuggets on the San Juan Ridge, one…
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Iowa Hill: A community fighting off the dreaded ghost town label
What was once a booming town boasting of unparalleled riches and nearly 10,000 residents in its heyday, is now just…
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