Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Gary Dalton wrote: >>> I'm sorry...... It's in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada in California... an hour northeast of Sacramento... two-plus hours northeast of San Francisco.... It's called the Gold Country because of the Gold Rush in 1849 that brought so many people to California. With gold rising in price, there's talk of reopening some of the old mines... <<< To anyone thinking of visiting the area, a word of caution. Some areas in the hills are populated with direct descendants of the 1849 gold miners, who for all these years have maintained their gold rush "culture" based on an absence of law enforcement. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com