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4/6/2019
Landmark information
- Location:
Columbia SHP, NW corner of Washington and Broadway Sts, Columbia - Plaque:
Official State Plaque - Site:
Existing - Date First Visited:
5/26/1996 - Date Most Recently Visited:
4/6/2019 - GPS Coordinates:
N 38 2.022, W 120 24.124 - Other Designations:
National Historic Landmark
National Register of Historic Places
About this landmark
Plaque text:
Columbia
Columbia, the "Gem of the southern mines," became a town of 4000 to 5000 in the 1850's, following the discovery of gold here by the Hildreth party March 27, 1850. Gold shipments, estimated at $87,000,000, declined rapidly after 1858, but Columbia never became a 'ghost town.'