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Availability:In StockContributor:Michael G. Lynch, Rodi LeeSeries:Images of AmericaTheme:Cultural Region/West Coast, Cultural Region/Western U.S., Geographic Orientation/California, Topical/EcologyPublish date:5/14/2012Pages:128
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Arcadia Publishing (SC)ISBN-13:9780738593197ISBN-10:0738593192UPC:9780738593197Book Category:Travel, HistoryBook Subcategory:United States, PictorialsBook Topic:West, State & LocalSize:9.10 x 6.50 x 0.30 inchesWeight:0.318Product ID:SCJJFF70QS
The American River Canyon below Auburn is seen as a natural and scenic area but still contains signs of an extensive historical past. This includes historic bridges and bridge sites dating back to the 1850s. The 1849 Gold Rush brought 75 years of mining that ended after massive dredges worked the river for its gold in the 1910s. Unique to the canyon is the Mountain Quarries Railroad, which traveled its way across 17 trestles and an elegant, still-standing concrete bridge to reach the main line in Auburn. The long-stalled Auburn Dam is the latest incarnation of earlier dams, like the 1890s Birdsall Dam that diverted water for 50 years through the North Fork Ditch to communities downstream.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Arcadia Publishing (SC)ISBN-13:9780738593197ISBN-10:0738593192UPC:9780738593197Book Category:Travel, HistoryBook Subcategory:United States, PictorialsBook Topic:West, State & LocalSize:9.10 x 6.50 x 0.30 inchesWeight:0.318Product ID:SCJJFF70QS
Authors Rodi Lee and Michael Lynch are local historians who worked to accumulate more than 1,200 historical images of the canyon area. Lee recently retired after 33 years as a California State Parks education and interpretation specialist. Lynch is a veteran state park ranger and currently serves as the park superintendent for the 40,000-acre Auburn State Recreation Area, which contains 40 miles of the American River Canyon. Lynch is also the author of three history books including Images of America: California State Park Rangers.
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