Gold Country

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Gold Country

Includes  Why Go? Auburn...... 400 Hollywood draws the dreamers and Silicon Valley lures for- Grass Valley. . . . . 402 tune-hunters, but this isn’t the first time droves of aspiring Nevada City. . . . . 403 young folk have streamed into the Golden State. After a South Yuba River sparkle in the American River caught James Marshall’s eye State Park. . . . . 406 in 1848, more than 300,000 prospectors from America and abroad started digging for gold in the Sierra foothills. Soon North Yuba River . . 407 California entered statehood with the official motto ‘Eureka’ Coloma-Lotus solidifying its place as the land of opportunity. Valley...... 410 The miner forty-niners are gone, but a ride along Hwy Placerville. . . . . 411 49 through sleepy hill towns, past clapboard saloons and Angels Camp. . . . 418 oak-lined byways is a journey back to the wild ride that was Murphys...... 419 modern California’s founding: umpteen historical markers tell tales of gold rush violence and banditry. Many travel- ers hardly hit the brakes while rushing between California’s coasts and mountains, but those who do are rewarded with Best Places to Eat a taste of the helter-skelter era that kick-started the heart- beat of this state. ¨¨New Moon Cafe (p405) ¨¨Argonaut Farm to Fork Cafe (p411) ¨¨La Cocina de Oro Taqueria When to Go (p408) Nevada City ¨¨Taste (p415) °C/°F Te mp Rainfall inches/mm 40/104 12/300 ¨¨Ike’s Quarter Cafe (p404) 30/86 10/250 8/200 20/68 6/150 10/50 Best Places 4/100 to Sleep 0/32 2/50 ¨¨Outside Inn (p404) -10/14 0 J FDM A M J J A S O N ¨¨Lure Resort (p408) Apr–May Pan Jul As temper- Sep–Nov When ¨ ¨Camino Hotel (p412) for gold after the atures rise to crisp, heritage ¨¨Imperial Hotel (p415) snowmelt washes scorching, plunge apples are ripe for the treasure into into a refreshing the picking, head ¨¨Victoria Inn (p420) Jamestown’s hills. South Yuba swim- to Apple Hill’s ming hole. sprawling ranches. #\ 6 6 4 4 6 6 6 6 66 66 6 6 6 6 6 66 66 e t d i i 399 Gold Country Country Highlights k e e r m m k a e g 4 4 4 e a t a P a i s r

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