Michigan Bar, California Explained
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]
California Historical Landmark #468 marks part of the town as well as the mining district.[5]
Notes and References
- Web site: Michigan Bar Mining District, Sacramento Co., California, USA . live . https://archive.today/20240217224845/https://www.mindat.org/loc-209428.html . February 17, 2024 . February 17, 2024.
- Web site: The United States Post Office . Request, Post Office, Topographer's Department . live . https://archive.today/20240217214113/https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/dc-metro/rg-028/M1126/M1126-061/M1126-061-0190.jpg . February 17, 2024 . February 17, 2024 . The National Archives and Records Administration.
- Web site: The United States Post Office . Diagram showing the site of the Michigan Bar post office . live . https://archive.today/20240217213225/https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/dc-metro/rg-028/M1126/M1126-061/M1126-061-0191.jpg . February 17, 2024 . February 17, 2024 . The National Archives and Records Administration.
- Book: Hoover . Mildred Brooke . Historic spots in California . Kyle . Douglas E. . 2002-09-06 . Stanford University Press . The Internet Archive . 978-0-8047-4482-9 . 306 . 21 December 2011.
- Web site: Michigan Bar . live . https://archive.today/20240217222820/https://ohp.parks.ca.gov/ListedResources/Detail/468 . February 17, 2024 . 2012-10-11 . California State Parks, Office of Historic Preservation . en.
