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California Gold Camps

by | Apr 27, 2018 | True West Blog

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Those early California Gold camps with their boardwalks, muddy streets, false-front buildings and tent houses were as vivacious as their names implied. Towns with picturesquely whimsical names like Whiskey Bar, Hangtown, Devil's Retreat, Flapjack Canyon, Red Dog, You Bet, Gouge Eye, Gomorrah, and Rough And Ready beckoned the modern-day Argonauts much like the Sirens of mythology beckoned th


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