"QUEEN CITY OF
THE SIERRAS"
Georgetown, first
named Growlersburg
from the big nuggets
which growled in the
miners' pans, was
settled in 1849.
After the original
town, south of here
was swept by three
fires, town smen laid
out the present site
in 1856.
Through the yesrs
nearby canyons and
gulches heave yielded
millions in gold.
OME
Hundreds of men
are now employed
in the forests and
mills of this area.
SANDERS
MEYSSTAND
Present day George-
town is the largest
center on the George-
town Divide
the gateway to some
of the finest fish-
ing and hunting in
California.
and is
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