Meadow Lake - Part 2 "A 2nd Expedition & Slice Of Heaven"
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Meadow Lake - Part 2 "A 2nd Expedition & Slice Of Heaven"

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Our second expedition was much more intense as this time around we were camping up here. The clip starts off with me trying to find an area we could pitch camp then explore the platted streets of down town Summit City aka Meadow Lake.In 1863 Henry Hartley a trapper discovered some gold up on some quartz ledges above the lake. He lived here as a hermit but when word had gotten out by 1866 Meadow Lake had over 80 saloons, post office, lumber yards, six mills, 5000 residents, 9000 square foot plaza, ten stores, school, church, two hundred business structure, five hundred residential homes, ferry/vessel, black smith, six breweries, stock exchange, assay office, daily newspaper and thousands of claims. The Comstock crash kind of forced miners hands to try staking claims elsewhere so many pioneers flooded into this area. Due to extreme winter weather and the inability to process the gold ore found here the town died as fast as it rose. Mark Twain's brother Orion lived here a short time and Mark Twain also came down for a visit but found it to be quite serene as by the time he arrived people were leaving by the masses. Many families would stay here till about 1872 and by 1873 Hartley and his Excelsior Mine were left all by themselves. While multiple times mining attempts were revitalized with new mills and even a boarding house being built around 1914 they simply did not last. Today nothing remains minus a few pieces of wood, foundations, glass shards, nails and perhaps a few mines in the area. We were lucky we were camping on the lake in the forest right on the edge of this once booming city. Sure everything is gone but one thing that will never change is the areas rich history!

www.paranormalghostsociety.org/MeadowLakeCalifornia.htm
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