Gold Run
Colfax, Placer County, 1870s. Be sure to click the photo for a larger view. Check out the apothecary sign with the full-sized human cutout in the foreground—boots and shoes for sale down the boardwalk.
This is a fabulous photo from the Placer County Museums showing a portion of the business district of Colfax taken in the 1870s, during the town's heyday.
Gold Run on Highway 40. Donner Summit Historical Society, Norm Sayler collection
Monica and I headed upcountry to Donner Summit the other day. Whenever possible, we take the old Lincoln Highway/Highway 40 route. It's slower-paced, and you get to see the small towns along the way. This is the "old-trading" post at Gold Run. I had not seen this photo before, but was familiar with the spot, as it's where the current Gold Run post office is located. This was the old Lincoln Highway before it became Highway 40 in 1928. Gold Run's history goes back to the gold rush era and hydraulic mining, which is how Gold Run made its fortune. When hydraulic gold mining was outlawed in the latter 19th Century, the town dwindled in size and importance.
Gold Run, California today.
