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Historic Sites in California
Explore 4 historic places in California, from museums and landmarks to destinations connected with defining events and eras in American history.
Historic Destinations in California
Empire Mine State Historic Park
Grass Valley, CA
A preserved hard-rock mining complex where visitors can explore the industrial workings, elegant estate, and landscaped grounds of one of California’s richest gold mines.
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Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park
Nevada City, CA
A dramatic Gold Rush landscape where immense hydraulic-mining cliffs, a preserved mining town, and forest trails reveal both the ambition and environmental cost of nineteenth-century mining.
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Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park
Coloma, CA
The Coloma site where James W. Marshall’s 1848 gold discovery ignited the California Gold Rush and transformed the American West.
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Sutter's Fort State Historic Park
Sacramento, CA
A restored adobe fort in Sacramento that interprets the diverse peoples, colonial economy, migration routes, and upheaval surrounding early California and the Gold Rush.
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