Michigan Bar, California
Historic site in Sacramento County / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Michigan Bar was a former mining camp near a sandbar in the Cosumnes River in Sacramento County, California which was founded by two gold miners from Michigan.[1] The town site expanded out of the mining camp and by the 1850s contained a population of around 1500. By 1899, it had its own post office.[2][3] Later hydraulic mining destroyed the original settlement, when the name came to designate a mining district.[4]
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Location | Sacramento County |
Coordinates | 38.4999°N 121.0453°W / 38.4999; -121.0453 |
Designated | August 30, 1950 |
Reference no. | 468 |
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California Historical Landmark #468 marks part of the town as well as the mining district.[5]