Take your imagination to old La Porte.

From: Sunset | Date: July 1, 1984 | Copyright information

When you visit old La Porte, 65 miles northeast of Marysville, try to imagine it as it was during the gold-mining boom of the 1850s: 14 saloons, 2 theaters, 3 hotels, a Chinatown, 2 churches, jammed streets, and Lotta Crabtree starting her career.

The town]s rise and fall was rapid yet memorable. The geology of the area was particularly suited to hydraulic mining, which brought enough gold--60 million dollars' worth in 16 years--to build a prosperous town. But when the A...

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