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.
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.
sTRANGE that that gallows would survive intact all these years...
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