Rail Road Flat EB Hall, CA
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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
