Jim Crow Creek (California)

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Jim Crow Creek is a stream and a road east of Downieville in Sierra County, California, in the United States. [1]

Jim Crow Creek was named after the nickname of a Kanaka (Pacific Island worker) in the California Gold Rush. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Jim Crow Creek (California)
  2. ↑ Bright, William (1998). 1500 California Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning. University of California Press. p. 74. ISBN   978-0-520-21271-8.

39°33′06″N120°46′51″W / 39.55173°N 120.78070°W / 39.55173; -120.78070


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