(K-3) Oroville, California Trade Token (circa 1900-1920) (K-99) circa 1910 Oroville, California Trade Token (Wilson's Cigar Store) (K-99) Oroville, California Trade Token (circa 1910)ĥC (C1910) GOOD FOR WILSON'S CIGAR STORE OROVILLE, CALIFORNIA (K-15) circa 1900-20 U M Damon (Oroville, California) Trade Token The Oroville Chinese Temple dates to 1863 when 10,000 Chinese lived in Oroville (paid for by the Emperor and Empress of China). Gold was found at Bidwell Bar, one of the first gold mining sites in California, bringing thousands of prospectors to the Oroville area seeking riches. The City Of Oroville was incorporated on January 3, 1906. The town was originally called 'Ophir City', but the name was changed to Oroville when the first post office opened in 1854 ('oro' is 'gold' in Spanish). Oroville California Cemetery Marker and the Pioneer Memorial Museum (K-69) Gross and Son Royal Saloon Trade Token (circa 1900-1920) (K-69) Redding, California Trade Token (circa 1900-20)ĥC (C1900-20) GOOD FOR GROSS & SON ROYAL SALOON K-69 Redding was officially incorporated on October 4, 1887 In the process of building the terminus, the railroad also built a town in the same area, which they named Redding in honor of Benjamin Redding.

In 1868 the first land agent for the Central Pacific Railroad, a former Sacramento politician named Benjamin Bernard Redding, bought property in Poverty Flats on behalf of the railroad so that it could build a northern terminus there. During the gold rush, the area that is now composed of Redding was called Poverty Flats. At the time of its establishment, it was the northernmost nonnative settlement in California. Reading, an early California pioneer who received a Rancho Buena Ventura Mexican land grant for a 26,632 acre area that is now occupied by Redding and Cottonwood, California. The first European settlement in the area was established in 1844 by Pierson B. Gold discovery marker at Clear Creek, Redding, California and 1905 Redding downtown (K-6) King's Saloon, French Gulch, California Trade Token (circa 1900-20) (K-6) French Gulch, California Trade Token (circa 1900-20)ĭRINK (C1900-1920) F-1 KINGS SALOON K-6 FRENCH GULCH, CA. French Gulch was registered as a California Historical Landmark in 1935 The town became a major supply place when it became the terminus of the western branch of the California Trail. Young) No Dateįrench Gulch Historical marker and historic storeįrench Gulch was founded by French miners in 1849 and became one of California's major gold producing areas. (K-10) Weaverville, California Trade Token (Henry J. (K-10) Weaverville, California Trade Token (No Date)ĥ0C NO DATE K-10 HENRY J. The temple is now the Weaverville Joss House State Historic Park, and its interior, including an intricately carved wooden altar, can be viewed by visitors.

The Weaverville Joss House (also called 'The Temple of the Forest Beneath the Clouds'), a Taoist temple, was built in 1874 and is California's best preserved example of a Gold Rush-era Chinese place of worship.

Logging and tourism were the economic mainstays of Weaverville for many years. Nestled at the foot of the current Trinity Alps Wilderness Area, Weaverville was once home to approximately 2,000 Chinese gold miners, and had its own Chinatown. Weaverville Historical Landmark and the Joss Houseįounded in 1850, Weaverville is a historic California Gold Rush town. Highway 49 extends basically from Sierra City in the north to Coarsegold in the south. However for my purposes here, I am only looking at the gold towns located near and around Highway 49 (with a few exceptions). Gold Country extends the length of California.

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