One of the many abandoned houses in Chinese Camp, a small mining settlement that today, is for the most part, a ghost town
Nature reclaims an old abandoned house in Chinese Camp
The famous 'National Hotel' located on Main Street, Jamestown
The Old Schoolhouse in Columbia State Historic Park
Columbia State Historic Park preserves many fine examples of gold rush era Californian architecture
Saint James Episcopal Church in Sonora
Main Street, Murphys - settled by John & Daniel Murphy in 1848
Founded in 1848, Mokelumne Hill was one of the richest gold rush towns in California at the time
A street scene from Sutter Creek which was established as a town after the discovery of gold in nearby Coloma in 1848
Remnants of the gold rush era in Sutter Creek as seen at the Knight Foundry Corporation
The Bell Tower, Main Street, Placerville built in 1865
Placerville was formerly know as Hangtown for reasons made clear from the building in the image above
The Historic Cary House Hotel, Placerville, built in 1847 by William Cary and known at the time as the finest hotel in Gold Country
Nevada City retains it's old world charm and was the most important mining town in California during the period 1850 - 51
Looking down the entrance of the Empire mine, one of the longest and deepest gold mines in California operating 1850 - 1956
