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2. 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 ...

3. Bud Anderson - Wikipedia

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   Other work. Manager of the McDonnell Aircraft Company's Flight Test Facility at Edwards AFB (1972–1998) Clarence Emil " Bud " Anderson (January 13, 1922 – May 17, 2024) was an officer in the United States Air Force and a triple ace of World War II. During the war he was the highest scoring flying ace in his P-51 Mustang squadron.

4. Clipper Gap, California - Wikipedia

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   Clipper Gap is located 6 miles (9.7 km) north-northeast of Auburn. [2] It lies at an elevation of 1676 feet (511 m). [1] The first transcontinental railroad reached Clipper Gap in 1865, and local mills supplied black powder and lime for use in railroad construction. The town began to decline after the railroad's construction was complete, and ...

5. DeWitt General Hospital - Wikipedia

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   DeWitt General Hospital was a World War II US Army Hospital in Auburn, California, in Placer County at the corner of C Avenue and First Street. The hospital was built in 1944 to care for troops returning home from overseas service and troops that served on the home front. The first patient checked in on February 17, 1944.

6. California State Route 193 - Wikipedia

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   Freeways. ← SR 192. → SR 195. State Route 193 ( SR 193) is a state highway in the U.S. state of California that runs through Placer and El Dorado counties. It begins as an east–west arterial road running from Lincoln to Newcastle, just west of Auburn. Then after concurrencies with Interstate 80 and State Route 49 through Auburn, SR 193 ...

7. Auburn Journal - Wikipedia

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   1030 High Street, Auburn, California, United States. Circulation. 9,486 weekdays. 9,600 Sundays in 2011 [1] Website. Official website. The Auburn Journal is a newspaper based in Auburn, California. The newspaper is the flagship of Gold Country Media, a division of Brehm Communications .