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  2. Auburn, California - Wikipedia

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    Auburn is a city in and the county seat of Placer County, California, United States. [10] Its population was 13,776 during the 2020 census. Auburn is known for its California Gold Rush history and is registered as a California Historical Landmark. [11] Auburn is part of the Sacramento metropolitan area .

  3. Auburn State Recreation Area - Wikipedia

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    Area. 42,377 acres (171.49 km 2) Established. 1966. Governing body. California Department of Parks and Recreation. Auburn State Recreation Area is a state park unit of California, along 40 miles (64 km) of the North and Middle Forks of the American River. The state recreation area (SRA) is situated on the border of Placer and El Dorado Counties ...

  4. Virginiatown, California - Wikipedia

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    Virginiatown is located on Auburn Ravine, 7.5 miles (12.1 km) west of Auburn. [2] Virginiatown is California Historical Landmark #400. [3] The town was the site of one of California's first railroads, built in 1852 to carry gold ore from the mines to Auburn Ravine. [4] After the first wave of gold mining ended, wood-cutting became an important ...

  5. Auburn Dam - Wikipedia

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    200–750 MW. Auburn Dam was a proposed concrete arch dam on the North Fork of the American River east of the town of Auburn, California, in the United States, on the border of Placer and El Dorado Counties. Slated to be completed in the 1970s by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, it would have been the tallest concrete dam in California and one ...

  6. Lake Clementine - Wikipedia

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    3.5 mi (5.6 km) Max. width. 300 ft (91 m) Lake Clementine (also known as North Fork Lake) is a reservoir on the North Fork American River Canyon above the picturesque, California Gold Rush -era town of Auburn (elevation 1,200 feet (370 m)) in Northern California. It was created in 1939 when the North Fork Dam, a 155-foot (47 m) tall constant ...

  7. National Register of Historic Places listings in Placer ...

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    1256 Lincoln Way. 38°53′52″N 121°04′30″W. /  38.897847°N 121.074972°W  / 38.897847; -121.074972  ( Oddfellows Hall) Auburn. Three-story red brick Italianate home of IOOF Lodge No. 7, founded in 1852. Henry T. Holmes, builder of the Hall, was a '49er and a founding father of Auburn.

  8. Auburn Fire House No. 1 - Wikipedia

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    Stick/Eastlake, Queen Anne. MPS. Auburn, CA MPS. NRHP reference No. 11000936 [1] Added to NRHP. December 19, 2011. Auburn Fire House No. 1, also known as Auburn Hose Company No. 1, at El Dorado St. & Lincoln Way in Auburn, Placer County, California, was built in 1888. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.

  9. Auburn Alehouse - Wikipedia

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    History. Auburn Alehouse was co-founded by Brian and Lisa Ford. Brian Ford started making beer by homebrewing. Ford then took classes through the American Brewers Guild in fermentation science and engineering. Ford interned at Rubicon Brewing Company. He opened Crawford Brewing Company in 1997.