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]
| Michigan Bar | |
|---|---|
 Heath's Store, Michigan Bar. April 1940. | |
| Location | Sacramento County |
| Coordinates | 38°30′00″N 121°02′43″W / 38.4999°N 121.0453°W |
| Designated | August 30, 1950 |
| Reference no. | 468 |
California Historical Landmark #468 marks part of the town as well as the mining district.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Michigan Bar Mining District, Sacramento Co., California, USA". Archived from the original on February 17, 2024. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
- ^ "Request, Post Office, Topographer's Department". The National Archives and Records Administration. The United States Post Office. Archived from the original on February 17, 2024. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ "Diagram showing the site of the Michigan Bar post office". The National Archives and Records Administration. The United States Post Office. Archived from the original on February 17, 2024. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ Hoover, Mildred Brooke; Kyle, Douglas E. (September 6, 2002). Historic spots in California. The Internet Archive. Stanford University Press. p. 306. ISBN 978-0-8047-4482-9. Retrieved December 21, 2011.
- ^ "Michigan Bar". California State Parks, Office of Historic Preservation. Archived from the original on February 17, 2024. Retrieved October 11, 2012.
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