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==Correspondent==
* [[Edward Leon Ponge]] (1838-1926)
==Trivia==<br />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 Dec 1879 List of Gatherings in the U.S. and Canada
* [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]
