Guidebook

NO. 404 CITY OF AUBURN - Gold was discovered near here by Claude Chana on May 16, 1848. First known as 'North Fork' or 'Woods Dry Diggins,' the settlement was given the name Auburn in the fall of 1849. It soon became an important mining town, trading post, and stage terminal, and also became the county seat of Sutter County in 1850 and of Placer County in 1851. It was destroyed by fires in 1855, 1859, and 1863.

Location

Lincoln Way between Commercial Steet and Park Street, (SW corner of Lincoln Way and ParkSt)
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CHL #404 Auburn, Commercial Street

CHL #404 Auburn, Commercial Street

CHL #404 - Auburn, Marker

CHL #404 Auburn, State Plaque

CHL #404 Auburn

CHL #404 Auburn, Gold Miner by Ken Fox (Near the State Plaque)

CHL #404 Auburn, The Coolie by Ken Fox