California. Division of Parks and Recreation. Plumas-Eureka Collection, Plumas-Eureka State Park, 1866 - 1952 (bulk 1880 - 1920).

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California. Division of Parks and Recreation. Plumas-Eureka Collection, Plumas-Eureka State Park, 1866 - 1952 (bulk 1880 - 1920).

The Plumas-Eureka Collection is a collection that illuminates the history of gold mining and its impact on the settlement of the Plumas County region of California during the great decades of the California Gold Rush. It consists of materials, including legal records and a nice collection of photographs, that reflect the history of the Plumas-Eureka region, and life in the mining towns of Johnsville and Jamison City, California.

72 cubic ft.; (69 boxes)

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SNAC Resource ID: 6658405

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