Gold Country

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cultural region historic region tourist region

Gold Country is a historic region in California famed for its 19th-century Gold Rush sites, mining heritage, and preserved frontier towns.

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region →
historic region →
tourist region →
containsCityOrTown Angels Camp →
Auburn →
Coloma →
Grass Valley →
Jackson →
Murphys →
Nevada City →
Placerville →
Sonora →
Sutter Creek →
containsCounty Amador County →
Calaveras County →
El Dorado County →
Mariposa County →
Nevada County →
Placer County →
Tuolumne County →
developedAlong Sierra Nevada foothills →
economicHistory hard-rock gold mining →
placer mining →
famedFor 19th-century Gold Rush sites →
mining heritage →
preserved frontier towns →
geographicalFeature American River watershed →
Feather River watershed →
Sierra Nevada foothills →
Yuba River watershed →
hasHistoricalEvent California Gold Rush →
hasLandmark Columbia State Historic Park →
Empire Mine State Historic Park →
Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park →
Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park →
historicalEra California Gold Rush era →
knownFor gold panning activities →
heritage tourism →
historic main streets →
historic mining towns →
locatedIn California →
United States →
partOf Northern California →
startOfMajorDevelopment 1848 →
timePeriodOfProminence mid-19th century →
tourismActivity mine tours →
museum visits →
outdoor recreation →
wine tasting →
Referenced by (10)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Colfax, California →
El Dorado County →
El Dorado Hills →
Georgetown, California →
region
Angels Camp →
Coloma →
Jamestown, California →
partOf
Amador County, California →
Sonora →
locatedIn
Placerville →
partOfRegion
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