Industry
In August 1850, Washington was the highest point on the South Yuba River at which gold had been discovered, with over 1,000 miners. In 1870, the Chinese outnumbered the white population. The last try to strike it rich came in the 1890s. Washington is the last remaining village of the many that once flourished in the Washington Mining District.
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