Strolling Through Columbia State Historic Park in California's Sierra Nevada - Travel Destinations - News and Articles

by seetheglobey | December 10, 2007 at 10:48 am
321 views | 0 Recommendations | 0 comments

The park was once known as the Gem of the Southern Mines. Between the 1850s and 1870s over one half billion dollars in gold (at today s value) was mined in the area. For a time, Columbia was the second largest city in California.

Comments (0)

This story was created over 3 months ago, the comment thread is now closed.

What is NowPublic?

NowPublic lets people work together to cover news events around the world.

Find out more

Most Recommended Stories in Style

 

closeSign in to NowPublic

is reporting from