Capture California, the Game-2012
Adventure: 051, Site 097 –
City of Auburn
California Landmark Number: 404
Team: Thing One, Thing Two
Date: September 27, 2012
Location:
Latitude:
38° 53.767′ N
Longitude:
121° 4.741′ W
Address: SW corner of Maple St and Lincoln Way, Auburn
We came to this town, the heart of the
gold country. As we walked around town a bit, we saw a town proud of
its heritate. For instance, we wandered by a coffee shop and saw a
group of people being given a history listen about Auburn. Or just
the number of local plaques on the buildings. It is great being in a
town like that.
NO. 404 CITY OF AUBURN - Gold was discovered near here by Claude Chana on May 16, 1848. First known as 'North Fork' or 'Woods Dry Diggins,' the settlement was given the name Auburn in the fall of 1849. It soon became an important mining town, trading post, and stage terminal, and also became the county seat of Sutter County in 1850 and of Placer County in 1851. It was destroyed by fires in 1855, 1859, and 1863.
Location: SW corner of Maple St and Lincoln Way, Auburn
From HMDB:
The Central Pacific Railroad's eastern terminus for many years was in Auburn. It then built east to connect with the Union Pacific at Promontory Point, Utah, becoming the western part of the first transcontinental railroad in 1869.
The early 20th century transcontinental highway U.S. Route 40 from Atlantic City, New Jersey to San Francisco ran through Auburn by 1926. Today it terminates in Utah; Interstate 80 has replaced it in California.
References:
- Wikipedia
- Noehill
- Historical
Marker Database (HMDB.org)
- Waymarking
Overall Landmark References:
- David Schmitt's California
State Historical Landmark (Schmitt)
- Wikipedia: California's
National Landmarks (WCNL)
- State of California's California
Historical Landmarks (CHL)
- Wikipedia: California
State Landmarks (WCSL)
- State of California Historical
Resources (CHR)
- Noehill
(NOE)
- Historical
Marker Database (HMDB)
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