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UPCOMING EVENTS
in Nevada City, Grass Valley, & Nevada County...
 September 11- 12:
The 44th Annual Constitution Day Parade tops a weekend of festivities Sept.11-12, 2010 in this historic California Gold Rush town. Nevada City’s Constitution Day Parade has been a local tradition since 1967 and is reported to be the oldest and largest Constitution observance in western America. The 2 p.m. Sunday parade features more than 100 entries and culminates other activities including Civil War battle reenactments in Pioneer Park, the Gold Country Duck Race on Deer Creek and a free outdoor big band concert in the downtown historic district. full info and schedule
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NEW! PLACER COUNTY GOLD
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MAPS
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| BECOMING CALIFORNIA, A SERIES ON CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH HISTORY
"Local populations during Gold Rush times in northern California were extremely fluid. In 1859 reports of a gold strike on British Columbia's Fraser River caused many miners to break camp and head north..." full story
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