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San Joaquin City gold-rush river town
Ghost town Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Gold
Coins and tokens
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: Large and Indian Head cents, harness buckles, buttons, bottles.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: BLM Alaska (Public domain), West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
1849-1911 riverboat and ferry trading town
River town on the west bank of the San Joaquin near Durham's Ferry, where wagon traffic to the Southern Mines met riverboats; it was said to rival Stockton as a trading post. The railroad, irrigation diversions and the 1911 flood that shifted the river channel finished it, and the post office moved to Vernalis in 1888.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
river banks, active farm equipment
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