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An Illustrated History of California's Gold Rush by Wells Fargo Bank (PH 1-27) (34 pages)
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Old firehouse in Columbia
COLUMBIA The entire village has been made a
State Park and the original buildings, many of which
remain after more than a century, have been restored
and are open to the public. Among them are the
Wells Fargo Express office, the D. O. Mills Bank, the
Fallon House hotel, the Stage Drivers Retreat and
the Masonic and Odd Fellows Halls. Children love
Columbia, too. There they can visit the old Fire
House and see the ancient horse-drawn fire engine,
climb among the rocks to see a replica of a mining
cabin, or take a ride in a real stage coach drawn by
real horses, which is held up en route by a real stage
coach robber. Columbia was known as the “Gem of
the Southern Mines” and the title still holds true
today for the visitor to the Gold Country.
SONORA Take the road south from Columbia and
you will soon come to Sonora, a camp which rivaled
the “Gem of the Southern Mines” with the title of
“Queen of the Southern Mines.” Of the two, Columbia has remained essentially unchanged while Sonora has moved with the times, and the town you
see when you enter Sonora is a busy, modern community which little resembles the rowdy mining
camp of a century ago. But its origins are still recalled on the back streets where the older buildings
reveal a strong affinity with the past. At the north
end of town stands the St. James Episcopal Church
which was built in 1860 and is regarded as an outstanding example of the architecture of the time.
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