Washington (California)

For the city in the past called Washington in the County of Yolo in California to see Broderick (California)

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Washington is a community not-built-in located in the county of Nevada.

Geography

Washington is with.

Washington is on the Rive S of the southern part of the river Yuba.

Demography

Washington has a population of roughly 200 people.

The population varies in a seasonal way with tourism during the be.

There are a Hôtel/Bar and a Restaurant, a food store, and a school of a class which has educated pupil for more than 100 years, and two campsites.

History

The first colonists arrived during the gold rush in 1849 and produced a great quantity of gold. The mines seeking in-depth gold were established and started to strongly produce. Washington is the only place of this time still existed in this area. There remain still today the marks of this period such as the gold mines, the mines with hydraulics, the hard metal mines. During this period a great quantity of Chinese lived in Washington.

Trade

The largest business of Washington is the camp-site, To rivet it Rest, in activity since the Sixties with different owners. The summer sees the campsite usually filled beyond its capacity and of the reservations are generally required.

Washington was also described in a national advertizing film of telephone in the Nineties (" of Washington, C.C, in Washington (California). ").

References

Slater, Robert I. and Grace I. Slater, Historical Notes Off The Early Washington, Nevada County, California Mining District .

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