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 | |
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Former settlement | |
Coordinates: 38°30′00″N 121°02′43″W / 38.4999°N 121.0453°W | |
Country | United States |
State | California |
County | Sacramento County |
California Historical Landmark #468 marks part of the town as well as the mining district.[5]
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