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unusual facts about Gold Country


Frank Bigelow

He is a Republican representing the 5th district, encompassing Gold Country and the central Sierra Nevada.


Five Joaquins Gang

Between 1850 and 1853, the gang, joined by Murrieta's right hand man, "Three-Fingered Jack", were reported to have been responsible for most of the cattle rustling, robberies, and murders committed in the Mother Lode area of the Sierra Nevadas.

Jack Cassinetto

Jack Thomas Cassinetto (born March 26, 1944; Sonora, California) is a prolific California plein air artist of the tonalism movement, painting primarily Northern California landscapes such as Lake Tahoe, Yosemite, the Gold Country, the Northern California Coast, and the American River and Sacramento River.

Lorenzo Sawyer

In 1884, he handed down what became known as the Sawyer Decision in Woodruff v. North Bloomfield Mining and Gravel Company which abruptly ended hydraulic mining in Northern California's Gold Country.


see also

WOBL

WOBL (1320 AM) – branded Gold Country 1320 AM – is a commercial classic country radio station licensed to Oberlin, Ohio, serving Lorain County and western parts of Greater Cleveland.