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From Auburn, California...



Item # 684641

April 19, 1884

THE PLACER HERALD, Auburn, Placer County, California, July 20, 1872  Placer mining in the Auburn area was very good, with the camp first becoming known as the North Fork Dry Diggings, later changed to Woods Dry Diggings. The area soon developed into a mining camp, and it was officially named Auburn in 1849.
In 1851 Auburn was chosen as the seat of Placer County. Gold mining operations moved up the ravine to the site of present-day Auburn. In 1865, the Central Pacific Railroad, the western leg of the First Transcontinental Railroad, reached Auburn, as it was being built east from Sacramento toward Ogden, Utah.
Various local & national news plus a wealth of ads.
Eight pages, never bound nor trimmed, good condition.

Item from Catalog 340 (released for March, 2024)

Category: Post-Civil War