Hunt's Hill, California

Hunt's Hill
—  Former settlement  —
Hunt's Hill
Coordinates:
Country  United States
State  California
County Nevada
Elevation[1] 2,904 ft (885 m)
GNIS feature ID 1682901[2]

Hunt's Hill (also, Hunts Hill and formerly, Gouge Eye)[3] is a former settlement in Nevada County, California, United States. Hunt's Hill was located on the Sierra Nevada range 3.2 miles (5.1 km) north of You Bet.

The place was formerly called Gouge Eye because a a fight there in 1855 cost a French miner an eye.[3]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hunt's Hill, California
  2. ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. http://geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
  3. ^ a b Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Quill Driver Books. p. 501. ISBN 9781884995149.