Michigan Bar, California

Michigan Bar was a former mining camp near the Consumnes River in Sacramento County, California. The town site was founded in 1849 by two men from Michigan, where it gets its name. By the 1850s the population figure was around 1500 people. Today the original site of the town has been destroyed by hydraulic mining.[1]

It is also California Historical Landmark #468.[2]

References

  1. ^ Hoover, Mildred Brooke; Kyle, Douglas E. (2002-09-06). Historic spots in California. Stanford University Press. p. 306. ISBN 9780804744829. http://books.google.com/books?id=AYMPR6xAj50C&pg=PA306. Retrieved 21 December 2011. 
  2. ^ "California State Parks - Sacramento County". California Office of Historic Preservation. http://ohp.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=21454. Retrieved 21 December 2011. 
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