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Angels Camp was founded in 1849 and became one of the richest quartz mining sections of the Mother Lode. [27] The Angels Hotel in Angels Camp was originally a canvas tent erected in 1851, replaced by a one-story wooden structure, and then rebuilt with stone in 1855. [28] Altaville was the site of a foundry that was established in 1854. Most of ...
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The 49er Fire was a destructive wildfire in 1988 in Northern California's Nevada County and Yuba County. The fire ignited on September 11 when a man accidentally set brush on fire by burning toilet paper near Highway 49. Driven by severe drought conditions and strong, dry winds, firefighting crews were hard-pressed to stop the fire's advance ...
The 2018 Camp Fire in Northern California's Butte County was at the time the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in California's history. The fire began on the morning of Thursday, November 8, 2018, when part of a poorly maintained Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) transmission line in the Feather River Canyon failed during strong katabatic winds.
The California Highway Patrol was investigating a fatal single-vehicle crash Thursday morning when a big rig hauling about 2,000 pounds of gravel struck a hillside along Highway 49 in Placer County.
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Forecasters warned Monday that the fire weather conditions would be severe enough to rival those experienced during recent destructive fires – a dire prediction playing out in real time Tuesday ...
Mariposa County – Located in the southern portion of Hwy 49. This county is known for the Ghirardelli Factory dated to 1855–1858. One of the mines in Mariposa County was the Princetown Mine, which pulled out $5 million in gold. [3]