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  2. Jamestown, California - Wikipedia

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    Jamestown is a unincorporated community in Tuolumne County, California, United States. Formerly a California Gold Rush town, Jamestown was designated a California Historical Landmark on March 16, 1949. [3] It is the home of Railtown 1897 State Historic Park and the Sierra Railway, which operates steam passenger trains.

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  4. Railtown 1897 State Historic Park - Wikipedia

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    Railtown 1897 is located in Jamestown, California. The entire park preserves the historic core of the original Sierra Railway of California (later reincorporated as the Sierra Railroad). The railway's Jamestown locomotive and rolling stock maintenance facilities are remarkably intact and continue to function much as they have for over 100 years.

  5. List of railway roundhouses - Wikipedia

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    Edit 8/19/2019 According to the latest Google map, the turntable exists but the building is gone. Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway roundhouse, the AT & SF Roundhouse, Las Vegas, New Mexico, NRHP-listed; Cumbres and Toltec roundhouse, two stalls of original

  6. Trunk (luggage) - Wikipedia

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    Two examples of dome-top trunks: one is a vertical slat trunk, the other is a barrel-stave trunk. A dome-top trunk has a high, curved top that can rise up to heights of 25–30 in (64–76 cm). A variety of construction methods—including cuffing, molded ply, barrel construction, and so forth—were used to form the inner boxes.

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  8. Old Spanish Trail (trade route) - Wikipedia

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    The New Mexico-California trade continued until the mid-1850s, when a shift to the use of freight wagons and the development of wagon trails made the old pack trail route obsolete. By 1846 both New Mexico and California had been annexed as U.S. territories following its victory in the Mexican–American War of 1846–1848.

  9. History of the mapping of California - Wikipedia

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    Whitney organized the first comprehensive survey of California, and the first complete topographic maps of the state were completed under him. Mount Whitney, the tallest peak in California is named after him. The State Mining Bureau was established in 1880, and the position of State Geologist was changed to State Mineralogist.