California's Best Trips 2 - Full PDF eBook

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Camanche
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Ione

Lockford

Alta
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Auburn

Grass
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Nevada
City

Around
NevadaCity

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River
StatePark

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1 Sonora
Settled in 1848 by
Mexican miners,
Sonora soon became
a cosmopolitan center
with ornate saloons for
gamblers, drunkards
and gold diggers. Its
downtown district is so
well preserved that it’s
frequently a location for
Hollywood films such
as Clint Eastwood’s
Unforgiven. Likewise,
Railtown 1897 State
Historic Park (%209-984-
3953; http://www.railtown1897.org,
http://www.parks.ca.gov; 18115 5th


Ave, Jamestown; museum
adult/child $5/3, incl train ride
$13/6; h9:30am-4:30pm
Thu-Mon Apr-Oct, 10am-3pm
Thu-Mon Nov-Mar, train rides
11am-3pm Sat & Sun Apr-Oct;
c) and the surrounding
hills of Jamestown,
about 4 miles southeast
of Sonora along Hwy 49,
have been a backdrop for
over 200 Western films
and TV shows including
High Noon. There’s a
lyrical romance to the
historical railway yard,
where orange poppies
bloom among the rusting
shells of steel goliaths
and you can board the

Highway 49


Through Gold


21 Country


When.you.roll.into.Gold.Country.on.a.sunny.afternoon,.


the.promise.of.adventure.recalls.the.days.when.


headlines.screamed.about.gold.discoveries.and.the.


Golden.State.was.born..Today.this.rural.region.offers.


different.cultural.riches:.exploring.crumbling.false-


front.saloons,.rusting.machines.that.once.moved.


mountains.and.an.endless.parade.of.patinaed.bronze.


historical.markers.along.Hwy.49,.one.of.California’s.


most.enchantingly.scenic.byways.


Highway 49

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