TRANSPORTATION · HISTORICAL MARKER

Emigrant Trail

La Porte, California
· 1850
Historical Marker Database · Barry Swackhamer
Transportation

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Gold was discovered at Rabbit Creek in 1850, and the place was renamed La Porte in 1857.
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La Porte, California · United States

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