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* [[Edward Leon Ponge]] (1838-1926) | * [[Edward Leon Ponge]] (1838-1926) | ||
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| + | A historic mining town, named after primitive mule-drawn ore cars used there, no actual railroad. Established in 1849, and a site of an Indian council, as well as the center of rich placer and quartz mining. The town was decimated by black fever in 1880. | ||
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| − | + | * Dec 1879 List of Gatherings in the U.S. and Canada | |
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* [https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/67874970/person/30187284836/facts?_phsrc=rTu4&_phstart=successSource Ancestry.com] | * [https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/67874970/person/30187284836/facts?_phsrc=rTu4&_phstart=successSource Ancestry.com] | ||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rail_Road_Flat,_California Wiki for Rail Road Flat] | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rail_Road_Flat,_California Wiki for Rail Road Flat] | ||
Latest revision as of 07:17, 20 February 2019
Correspondent
- Edward Leon Ponge (1838-1926)
Trivia
A historic mining town, named after primitive mule-drawn ore cars used there, no actual railroad. Established in 1849, and a site of an Indian council, as well as the center of rich placer and quartz mining. The town was decimated by black fever in 1880.
Sources
- Dec 1879 List of Gatherings in the U.S. and Canada
