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Sawyers Bar, perhaps the most picturesque of the northern mining towns, was founded in 1850 by Captain John Best and party, who were guided to the spot by a friendly Indian. The town was originally called Bestville and had over 3,000 inhabitants. It owes its present name to the fact that on an adjacent gravel bar stood the camp of early day mill sawyers. Its most noteworthy features are the century old frame buildings and the famous Catholic Church, counterpart of the southern mission. The town's first postmaster was John Daggett, who in 1883 became Lieutenant Governor of California.
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