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COLUMBIA, THE GEM OF THE SOUTHERN MINES
Columbia, California
Columbia owes its origin to the gold mines which began in March of 1850. During
this time Columbia's population was between ten and fifteen thousand and it
was one of the most important mining communities as a center for business,
transportation and recreation of that period.
Much of the town was destroyed by fire on July 10, 1854. The frame buildings
destroyed were rebuilt of brick and withstood a second fire on August 25,
1857. Many of these buildings are still in use and today the town is being
restored by the State to its former self. Columbia typifies better than any other
in the State a Gold Rush Town of the Mother Lode.
PUBLISHED BY MOTHER LODE DISTRIBUTING CO., SONORA, CALIFORNIA
MIRRO-KROMEⓇ CARD BY H.S. CROCKER CO., INC., SAN FRANCISCO 1, CALIF.
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