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California Gold Country
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Blacksmiths at work
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Saloon falling down
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The ghost towns and mining camps of California's mountain slopes,
canyons and river beds--colorful places like Gouge Eyes, Ground
Hog's Glory and Poor Man's Creek--mark man's scramble for rapid
wealth in the 19th Century. |
| More than 100 years later, they provoke the onlooker to ponder
what must have been a confused turmoil. There were those who tore
the gold from crevasse and stream bed with fevered energy
and those who traded, gambled and connived to possess the
riches. |
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Describing the ghost town as a shadow of its former self
misses the mark. Indeed, the crumpling buildings stand in desolate
testimony to the concept. Yet, as one visits the locations, an emotional
and provoked nostalgia hovers with an intangible spirit over the area.
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No one can remain unmoved by that which remains.
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