“In the days of old, in the days of gold, in the days of ‘49”
California State Highway 49, the “Mother Lode Highway,” can truly take you back to the days of ’49. The road connects gold rush mining camps, ghost towns and historic sites from Oakhurst in the south, to Sierra City in the north. It’s three hundred miles of beautiful country along the foothills of the Sierra Mountains. Twisting mountain roads, sheer granite walls, precipitous drops to swiftly moving rivers. Old buildings, gold mines, forgotten cemeteries. Let’s go see what we can find.
PC = "Postcard"
Here's an old, real-photo postcard entitled "Ready to look for Gold." The burros are all packed, the prospector looks ready to head for the hills and the guy in the coat and tie could be the man providing the grubstake. I wonder if the photographer just happened upon this scene or if it was staged.
Joshua Tree National Park, the California Gold Country, forgotten places in the Mojave Desert. These are a few of my favorite things.
