FIRST -- Panned Gold in Town - Julian, CA
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N 33° 04.659 W 116° 36.187
11S E 537042 N 3659965
A plaque in memory of the man who founded the Julian Gold Rush.
Waymark Code: WMPCZ3
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 08/10/2015
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A large memorial wall, inside the Julian Pioneer Museum dedicated to George Sawday. The plaque says, "Ex-Confederate cousins, far from their war torn Georgia home, settled here Nov. 1, 1869. Panned the first gold, this starting the Julian Gold Rush of 1870."
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