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    Gold Country's Forgotten Places
    Gold Country's Forgotten Places
    Gold Country's Forgotten Places
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    Gold Country's Forgotten Places

    By David Moore

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    “You will find it hard to believe that there stood at one time a fiercely-flourishing little city, of two thousand or three thousand souls, with its newspaper, fire company, brass band, volunteer militia, bank, hotels, noisy Fourth of July processions and speeches—all the appointments and appurtenances of a thriving and prosperous and promising young city—and now nothing is left of it all but a lifeless, homeless solitude.
    -Mark Twain-

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDavid Moore
    Release dateJul 25, 2017
    ISBN9781370784950
    Gold Country's Forgotten Places
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    David Moore

    David Moore is founder and president of Two Cities Ministries and holds degrees with honors from Dallas Theological Seminary and Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. The author of The Last Men's Book You'll Ever Need: What the Bible Says about Guy Stuff, he speaks around the world and has led chapel services for several Major League Baseball and National Football League teams. Moore lives with his wife and sons in Austin, Texas.

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      Gold Country's Forgotten Places - David Moore

      Gold Country's Forgotten Places

      David Moore

      Table of Contents

      Intro

      Bidwell Bar

      Brandy City

      Cherokee

      Goodyear’s Bar

      Graniteville

      Hamilton

      Lake City

      Moore’s Flat

      Nelson Point

      North Bloomfield

      Oregon City

      Parks Bar

      Rich Bar

      Spenceville

      Timbuctoo

      West Butte

      Seeing the Elephant:

      You will find it hard to believe that there stood at one time a fiercely-flourishing little city, of two thousand or three thousand souls, with its newspaper, fire company, brass band, volunteer militia, bank, hotels, noisy Fourth of July processions and speeches—all the appointments and appurtenances of a thriving and prosperous and promising young city, —and now nothing is left of it all but a lifeless, homeless solitude. The men are gone, the houses have vanished, even the name of the place is forgotten. In no other land, in modern times, have towns so absolutely died and disappeared, as in the old mining regions of California

      -Mark Twain-

      What began as a hobby for me, one that I thoroughly enjoy doing, exploring the foothills and mountains of the Northern Sierra region of California, looking for places that once were thriving towns during the Gold Rush, eventually dying out and vanishing, has now blossomed into this book. This is the first one in a planned series of books covering places I have researched and then found

      At the end of each account you’ll find GPS coordinates that will help you find where the town once existed, but even with that help, you might (as I did) need to explore a little, which in my estimation makes the whole experience more enjoyable.

      If you don’t live in the area, don’t like or not able to physically explore, try Google Earth where you can vicariously search for the places I write about using the GPS coordinates. . .

      -David Moore-

      Bidwell Bar

      Early Bidwell Bar

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