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Old Mining Towns and Old Bottles (PH 4-6)(1964) (37 pages)
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Nowhere else but California is found a region so bountifully endowed with natural beauty, pleasantness ofclimate,
variety of recreational pursuits and colorful heritage.
The charm of the old mining towns, which harmonizes so
perfectly with the natural loveliness of the Sierran foothills,
is due largely tothe surviving stone and brick structures of
pioneer days. These old buildings stand as mute evidence
of large population centers which shifted as new and richer
fields were discovered.
Indications that many ofthe pioneers permanently settled
into homes in this favored region remain in the numerous
dwellings which date back to the earliest days. Many of
them are in ruins, but a large number are actually in use.
Here and there an old house stands in an old-fashioned garden, overhung by ancient rosebushes grown, perhaps, from
slips brought from distant Eastern homes to grace the new
dwellings. These decrepit homesteads, with their enormous old fruit trees, create anappearance of settled human
occupation, adding charm to the mining region. Many places are marked by melancholy evidences of a life that was
born, flourished and declined in a few brief decades.