California's Best Trips 2 - Full PDF eBook

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Camanche

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Lockford

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Nevada

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SouthYuba

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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