Deadwood, Trinity County, California

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Deadwood
Ghost town
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Deadwood
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Deadwood
Coordinates: 40°43′10″N122°44′01″W / 40.71944°N 122.73361°W / 40.71944; -122.73361
Country United States
State California
County Trinity
Elevation
2,835 ft (864 m)
GNIS feature ID1655958 [1]

Deadwood is a ghost town in Trinity County, California. [1] [2]

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Namesake

Deadwood was named from adjacent forests of dead timber. [3]

History

The former town started around 1851 and lasted till the post office was closed in 1915. The post office was open from 1881 to 1915. [ dead link ]

In 1880 The brown bear mine was established in Deadwood. Archived September 25, 2021, at the Wayback Machine

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Deadwood". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ Deadwood, Trinity County, California from ghosttowns.com accessed on Jan. 2, 2014.
  3. ↑ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. pp.  102.


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