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Secret Ravine. Coordinates: 38°45′34″N 121°15′23″W. Secret Ravine is a perennial tributary of Miners Ravine which shortly thereafter runs into Dry Creek in Placer County, California. Its course lies within the cities of Rocklin, Loomis, and Roseville, as well as unincorporated parts of Placer County. It passes through the campus of ...
Secret Ravine (also Auburn Station) is a former settlement in Placer County, California. [1] Secret Ravine is located 3 miles (4.8 km) southwest of Newcastle. [1] Correction: Gardiner writes in 1854 that the Secret Ravine Post Office is "near the Hawes Ranch." Elisha Hawes lived in Township 9, the 1860 census shows him continuing to receive ...
Penryn (Washo: Pénwin) is a census-designated place in Placer County, California, in the United States. Geographic location is 38°51′08″N 121°10′06″W / 38.85222°N 121.16833°W / 38.85222; -121.
In 1860, the U.S. Census counted 440 residents in the area of Secret Ravine, of whom about 16% had been born in Ireland and the majority of whom worked as miners. [9] The area was referred to as Secret Ravine or the "granite quarries at the end of the tracks" as late as 1864. [9] Rocklin's history is closely tied to the transcontinental railroad.
Secret Town was the site of a very long trestle railroad bridge. The 1100 ft (335 m) long and 95 ft (29 m) high Secret Town wooden trestle on the Central Pacific Railroad's grade, like most of the other trestles of the line, was filled in with earth and rock after the railroad opened to traffic and could afford to send Chinese laborers back to improve the right-of-way by reducing the risk of ...
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Dry Creek (formerly called Linda Creek) is a 15-mile (24 km) long stream in Placer County, California, [1] tributary to the Sacramento River via Steelhead Creek. Its watershed lies within the Sacramento Valley. [2] Because suburban development borders much of its length, the stream is noted for its capacity to cause local flooding and as a ...
August 8, 2024 at 5:35 PM. A motorcyclist died Tuesday after colliding into a minivan making a turn onto a private property near Lincoln in Placer County, according to the California Highway ...