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3 unusual facts about New Melones Lake


Melones

Melones, California, a former settlement in Calaveras County, United States, now submerged beneath a reservoir named New Melones Lake

New Melones Lake

Exhibits focus on the use of the Stanislaus River by prehistoric and historic peoples, including Miwok Indians, the California Gold Rush, ranchers, and the now defunct community of Robinson Ferry, renamed Melones in 1902.

The Stanislaus River and environs experienced dramatic changes beginning with the Gold Rush.



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