Deadwood
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Today I took a drive up Foresthill Divide Road and explored that area a bit. It’s a twisty road through the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains and 150 years ago the area was overrun with gold miners searching for the mother lode. I stopped for a geocache here and there, but mostly just wandered along the road to see what there was to see. I’ve always enjoyed stopping and reading those historical markers that you see alongside the road, as they add a bit of flavor to the area. Sometimes the information is mundane and sometimes it’s unexpectedly weird. Today presented a weird one, a memorial marker to a horse–yes, a horse–he was shot during a stage coach robbery in the year 1901. Old Joe was so well liked, that residents still place flowers on his marker today! The town of Foresthill is a small town left over from the gold mining days. I checked out one of the historical cemeteries, because a geocache led me there (what can I say!). Past the town of Foresthill, Deadwood Road sounded interesting, so down the dirt road I bounced. About 7 or 8 miles later I came to the end of the road and found the Deadwood Cemetery, of which nothing remains today except for a historical marker that was placed in 1937; they already considered it a historical site 70 years ago. There must not be too many people traveling this road, as the deer just stood there looking at me… gotta love it.
Historical markers I found today and logged into the Historical Marker Database (click on the links to see and read the markers):
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