Gold Country: Downieville

The local grocer has been in business since 1900 and is classic gold country fireproof architecture, 3 foot thick stone walls and roof, built in 1852, it was a foundry, metal works shop prior to the grocery. Some of the richest placer gold strikes of the rush were within blocks of here, $300 bucks a pan at $17 an ounce, massive nuggets were pulled from local diggings.

It was drizzling rain so Mom had a jacket over her head as she chatted with the Museum curator located in the oldest building in town, neat little museum and informative host. He keyed me to a couple new spots to visit.

Looking up Main street, of course that is a saloon on the corner.

Looking down Main street from the museum.

The Church of the Immaculate Conception, it has some nice stained glass windows that I will get a better look at and pictures in the future.

This is where the bad guys wound up, the gallows, see plaque below for the history.