Michigan Bar, California

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Michigan Bar
Heath's Store, Michigan Bar. April 1940.
Interactive map of Michigan Bar
LocationSacramento County
Coordinates38°30′00″N 121°02′43″W / 38.4999°N 121.0453°W / 38.4999; -121.0453
DesignatedAugust 30, 1950
Reference no.468

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]

References

  1. ↑ "Michigan Bar Mining District, Sacramento Co., California, USA". Archived from the original on February 17, 2024. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
  2. ↑ "Request, Post Office, Topographer's Department". The National Archives and Records Administration. Archived from the original on February 17, 2024. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Diagram showing the site of the Michigan Bar post office". The National Archives and Records Administration. Archived from the original on February 17, 2024. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
  4. ↑ Hoover, Mildred Brooke; Kyle, Douglas E. (September 6, 2002). Historic spots in California. Stanford University Press. p. 306. ISBN 978-0-8047-4482-9. Retrieved December 21, 2011.
  5. ↑ "Michigan Bar". California State Parks, Office of Historic Preservation. Archived from the original on February 17, 2024. Retrieved October 11, 2012.