Born in San Jose but raised in Auburn since I was 2. My grandma lived like just down the street from that Buick hose wagon, right next to the newer fire staion. Would visit her all the time and we'd go into old town auburn to get pizza and what not. Great times.
This is my hometown. Believe it or not, my father is from the hills of Puerto Rico and when I asked him why he loved Auburn so much he told me, "It reminds me of home." The twisty roads and hills really do give the same impression. Awesome video!
Thank you Jeff and Sarah for showing my adopted home town. I lived there most of my life. I currently live in the Roseville area just down the road. I remember when my family and I moved there in the 1970s one could still walk about 500 feet into the Margaret Mine off of the Auburn Ravine Road. Other things like the tunnel that ran under the old Shanghai Restaurant. I got the chance to look down there into the tunnel. The Shanghai is now Auburn Alehouse. Also, as Sacramento St. goes uphill from Old Town there is a mine adit which has been covered but was available to look into when the City did road pipe work in the '70s. Now I will watch your trip to this fascinating area of the Gold Rush.
Close to the old post office is the Auburn Alehouse that used to be split in half. a great Chinese restaurant on the left with the old Shanghai Bar on the right. That bar was the bar in the 1996 Travolta film “Phenomenon”. Lots of filming of the movie was there with Travolta and Robert Duvall. John Travolta’s car repair shop was built right outside the bar plugging up the entire street to the right when looking at the bar. To the right in the middle of the street was an “X” where the beam of light from the night sky knocked Travolta down. But the X is gone now and there’s not much recognition of the film there anymore.
at 14:05 you will see a good modern day photo of "Commercial St" in old town Auburn.The old brick building that has what looks like as a big circle sign was where "Great Western Litho Printing Company" used to be. I worked there after school in 1970 as a janitor. It is an old two story building. When I worked there, they were still operating an old Linotype machine everyday, ran by a guy named "Frank". It was my job to take all of the old discarded lead/tin type bars, load them all into a metal bucket, put it on the dumbwaiter lift and take it upstairs where I melted them down to make fresh lead/tin bars called "pigs" for the next day's run of type. I would watch Frank at the Linotype machine type in the line of copy, pull a lever which in turn activated the process of pouring the liquid hot lead/tin of the 'pig' into the machine to make that one line of 'type'. hence the name.....Linotype. As Frank typed in each letter of the line, a little brass tab with the letter or number dropped into a slot or tray forming the base that made the lead/tin type. I had to clean up around the Linotype after Frank's shift was done. His area was always littered with his pipe tobacco remains. Also upstairs was the old printing press for the long gone "Placer Herald Newspaper" My friend Jerry and I were told my my boss that if we could take that whole thing apart and haul it away, we could have all the money that we sold it for scrap. It took us most of that Summer to get the job done. We loaded up Jerry's 1/2 ton 1964 Chevy long bed pickup with literally TONS of metal scrap as we dismantled that printing press and hauled it away to downtown Sacramento. I still have a brass bearing I saved as a memento from that job. What I REALLY wanted was the very last silver offset sheet that was still left on the press after its last edition. The boss took that. The print shop is long gone. I wonder what ever happened to that Linotype and the Heidleburg Printing press that was used daily at "Great Western Lithograph"? .......Russell Decker, Placer High School, Class of '71
I was in that beautiful old courthouse for potential jury duty, I was questioned by lawyers, but didn’t make it on the jury. Nice to know the people saved it from destruction! Love Auburn my county seat. Great video!👏👏👍❤️
That Fountain was Moved in the late seventies it used to be out where the middle of that intersection is, It was moved when they realigned the intersection and extended Auburn Folsom road for the Auburn Dam project. Great video's
It's funny that now that I'm old, I've grown to appreciate the architectural intricacies and designs of American courthouses. Where when I was young, I experienced more of the interior designs of courthouses.
Wow! I just realized that's the pizza place I went with as a kid with my grandma who lived in old town Auburn. She's passed a few years ago from cancer. Lot of childhood memories of old town with her.
I'm considering moving here this summer. Looks like a nice, charming, thriving place. Plus, love history of any kind, so I'll definitely enjoy the education of the gold rush!
Oh my gosh! The old fire house!? That used to be a Boy's and Girl's Club! I went there as a kid for years. Thank you so much for helping me relive so many good memories. As a kid, I had little to no clue how historic the building was. I just remember playing pool for hours against other kids and playing StarCraft and Halo in the computer lab!
It was interesting to note that Chinese worked for the railroad. Wells Fargo office, County bank (didn't mention it was robbed), Post office, and movie theater.. Tourist has to go to California to see historical places but I'm thankful to you , sitting in my house I'm touring with you. Bret and Sarah have done well. Thanks Jeff.
I’m amazed that you were able to make such a great video in the middle of a pandemic! Well done! I’ll visit the Old Town Pizza restaurant. It must be a good place, if you say so! I’ve been shopping and dining in Auburn for many years. Check the Mexican restaurant on the Main Street! Great food and ambiance! You found sights I’ve missed, especially the statue with the “little feet”! Good one, Sarah! Love y’all’s sense or humor! Your superimposed photos are so helpful to see how much or how little a site has changed. Love the background music that you always add. You must have quite a collection of tunes and background sounds. I like the horses’s hooves sound! Thank you for all your time and care you spend just to entertain us. You are a “pair to draw to”! Hope I meet you on the trail, my friends! Mo’ from Stockton
Jeff, I love history and you deliver it up on a silver platter every time. In these uncertain days we're living in, your vlog is an awesome way to escape it for at least for a little while. I have to take a moment to say Thank You for taking the time to research and put together your vlogs. You and your wife are a great team and you guys are refreshing and at times funny. Again thank you guys so much, SINCERELY Peter Whitman 😎😎
Thank you very much, Peter! We like doing this but it is work and I appreciate you recognizing me and Sarah for it. It's nice of you to tell us how you feel about our videos! It encourages us to do more! Thanks again!
My grandfather survived the 1906 sf earthquake and moved to Marysville when he was 10 and lived above a funeral parlor and became a mortician. He and my grandma borrowed a model T and drove to auburn in 1916 I believe and got married in the courthouse and honeymooned in the auburn hotel. They had their 60th anniversary at the auburn hotel. Good channel!
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I enjoy your programs immensely! I stumbled across your videos during the "stay at home" order and was so excited and I swear I have spent my isolation watching everyone of them. I am a huge old west and history buff so this is up my alley...and because of you program I have add new places to see on my bucket list...I am a Montana girl and I am curious if you have ever looked into the history of one of Montana's huge gold mining town back in the 1800's Virginia City/Nevada City and the story of the lawman Henry Plummer....I think you may be intrigued in the history that lays in the soil and ghost towns here in Montana.
First of all, thanks for watching and enjoying the content! It's cool you want to see these places in person! I confess that it takes effort to get out of my region considering I also keep a full time job to pay the bills. I have only been to Montana once in my life and I think it would be nice to get back up there. I had friend living in Billings, more specifically Shepherd. Beautiful country! Hopefull we will be able to get up there.
@@jbenziggy Good to hear! Hopefully you will be able to take some time to visit this beautiful state...I know at the current time with COVID 19 traveling anywhere is a bit touchy. But if you ever get the chance there is so many places to choose from...Custer's Battle Field, Virginia City, Bannack just to name the very few. I am actually heading to Colorado at the end of the month to see my son and because of you program I am also exploring the sites of Buffalo Bill! Thank you for enlightening me on the history there. And some day I hope to get to California to explore places in your state that you have introduced me to through your program. Like you I find it exciting to be at and to see where legendary people roamed the history that surrounds it and to stand in the light of it. I like to see where they are laid to rest and pay tribute. So from one history explorer to another....Thumbs up!...
Our family is looking to move to one of the towns in that area. Listening to so many people, it sounds like Auburn should definitely be open for consideration. It sounds really nice. :)
great video jeff,went through there many many times to visit a brother across from the dew drop inn,and a sister in grass valley.i actually lived in grass valley from 1952 to 1955.it brings back many fond memories from so far away.thanks for those memories jeff,appreciated.
Being a political and socioeconomic refugee from California (native born), this makes me so home sick, having lived in the Roseville, Auburn and Foresthill triangle. Damn if I can remember the name of the old gentleman who knew all the old stories of the area and led hikes in the area like to Deadwood, Bogus Thunder, etc. The Dorer Ranch, I was fortunate to know friends who knew the owner and caretaker, Danny (the "mad perfesso"r) and would go down to the old house and mines in the area, donating a case of beer. I wonder if Danny and his wife are still there? I recall while living in Forsethill, on my days off traveling to areas like Chicken Ranch road and hiked out to an old town site with a mine. I found many artifacts, shards of diner plates, part of the shattered cast iron schoolhouse wood burning stove door, melted glass as the old town had burned, "Last Chance." I had a booklet that I purchased in the Auburn Courthouse gift shop; it had a picture of Last Chance and I was amazed that I was able to stand in the same spot the photographer stood and take a picture there. I took a chance and drove out to Deadwood; got my little pickup truck stuck and had to hike out through Michigan Bluff. Of course, the snows came before I was able to retrieve it. It cost me a fortune to eventually get a tow truck to drive out there. Just yards from my truck, a massive pine tree had fallen across the dirt trail and I had to drive back to Foresthill for the tow truck drivers chainsaw, getting a flat tire on the way back. Good times! Having worked and lived in Placer County, I was sad to see many homeless and mentally ill move in. I guess the old saying is true: "You can't go home."
What an incredible town. So much history in one area, and the effort it took make it happen. I do believe many people today could not have done it. Thanks for another great journey to another great time.
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Thanks for the video in Auburn. It is so easy to just zip by on way the Tahoe. We always enjoy the history whenever we have stop there. I really appreciate the excellent production quality of your videos and the drone shots are the cherry on top. Thanks!
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I've been living in California 16 years... Oh!! LOL my bad.. I'm 16.. *None* of what your showing about, *California history* is taught in school. *Thank you* for the new history lessons. I would of never known about California history like you present it.. Like the humor as well. I have seen some oldie shows called *California Gold* but it was boring..Anywho.. Thanks again... Lookin forwards to more.. **PEACE**
Awesome video!! I’m curious where you got your information on the people in the old auburn cemetery? I’m from Auburn and I’m trying to learn as much as I can about the local history, focusing on the cemetery for now.
Great video! Have you ever headed up north to Shasta County? Redding has some cool history but Old Shasta nearby has some awesome old buildings and a pioneer cemetery to check out and Weaverville 30 mins west has some great mining history!
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Thank you so much for sharing. Will you be headed to Nevada City or Grass Valley? I appreciate your videos and all the history of each location you provide. 👍
@@jbenziggy Grass Valley and Nevada City have so much character and beauty you were so close...not that I don't like Auburn but GV and NC have a lot of history and the Empire Mine...they are a must see and would make a great video
Cool visit and tour!😎 Living in Placer county, I was asked by a gold seeker, "Do you know if anyone's found gold in this creek?" I answered, "nope, all i know is they call this Dry Creek cuz there ain't no gold in it!" Mr. Henry Fords mass production of inexpensive cars got folks out on the ol' Lincoln hi-way. The cells in my body are only 13 Million years old, so I'm still fairly young...well, in between juvenile and senile. 😄
Jeff, have you considered doing a spot on the Mossdale Y ? That's the point where the Continental Rail Road actually became continental. It's where the San Joaquin river, I-5, and the Southern Pacific rail line all merge together. Growing up in Tracy, I never realized the importance until I moved away and had joined the Navy, where upon I learned that it was a "primary" target for an enemy ICBM. If you watch the Pilot of "Then came Bronson" with Michael Parks, you'll see him plunge his Harley Davidson sportster into the river at the boat ramp at Mossdale. He also gets a job later cleaning bricks with his co-star Bonnie Bedillia, they were actually cleaning the bricks from downtown Stockton's city renewal project, with the bricks located near the old Heinz plant between Lathrop and Stockton.
My in laws live outside of Auburn at the Lake of the Pines on a golf course. I luv going down there every chance I get 2 explore. Be going down soon for a visit.
This was another, amazing video Jeff, my husband & I just took another road trip, this past Sunday, to Auburn, I just had to go & see these amazing statues, for myself, a road trip, very worth making. Thanks for getting us out of the house, Jeff Ha ! Ha!
Wow, Pamela, that is exciting to hear! Others have said we inspired them to visit locations we feature. The sad thing for Sarah and I is the fact that Old Town Pizza has moved and is no longer in the downtown location. We hope that another pizza restaurant opens there in that quaint building. The new location is more like a modern brewery spot.
HI Jeff...I realize an older Video, but great as usual. This is where Dad lives. Interesting factoid: this is where that John Travolta Movie was filmed (forgot the name of it). Also, ALOT of WW II history up in Auburn that many are unaware of (Glenn Miller stopped in Auburn Many times). Dewitt Center, formerly a WW II Army Hospital. That Cemetary is where Mom is buried.
Beautiful courthouse and terrific old fireball. I worked in our county courthouse retiring 2 years ago tomorrow. No character whatsoever. It's been remodeled so many times there is no semblance to the original courthouse on the inside except the doors to the courtrooms and huge car ed wall clocks here and there. Such a shame. The federal bldg is pretty much pristine as is city hall, but the federal bldg is the best. Thanks for another great history lesson and tour.
My boys were grown and gone, both of my parents had passed and I was alone with 4.5 acres to tend. My one and only grandchild was in Sacramento. I wanted to be able to care for her. So I sold the acreage and bought a condo near them. In 2004 my son decided they should move here to Riverton in the Salt Lake Valley. So I came with them because I was born when the Dead Sea just had a little cold! You missed the Chinese graves in the old cemetery. I think they were down by Rattlesnake Dick grave. Thanks again for taking me back home. Love your channel and so happy to see Sarah again! ❤️❤️
History Hunters I got some good “color” but A LOT of work! Back then we could dredge. Still a lot of work. Wet suit, mask, snorkel. Then when you got too deep fro the snorkel you had to hook up the air, so it was live diving. Probably a contributing factor to my messed up back! Lol
what a historic and cool looking town. i subscribed after watching this episode. the first episode i watched from you channel is the one about the murder of the 4 chp officers in newhall. keep up the great work! may 27, 2023
12:23 I met a woman who had a small shop in Mariposa Ca named Alinda Franklin (deceased. 2009). She made cloth sculputed figures like your jailbird, she probably made that one. She once made look alike dolls for the whole mash cast. www.goldrushcam.com/dolls%20by%20alinda.htm at 14:00 my grandma used to have a shop in this building next to the bank.
JEFF - SARAH 130 PM SUN. 31 MAY 20 EVERETT, WA. WHEN I SAW YOUR INTRO - OLD TOWN AUBURN, I THOUGHT YOU HAD COME TO WASH. STATE. GREAT TOUR AS ALWAYS, SARAH IS LOOKING GOOD, SINCE YOU TRAVEL TO SO MANY DIFFERENT PLACES - DO YOU EVER COLLECT THE PRESSED PENNIES ? I HAVE FINISHED ONE BOOK - 48 DIFFERENT PENNIES FROM SEVERAL STATES, HAWAII AND A FRIEND BROUGHT ME SOME FROM ENGLAND. THE ART WORK ON THE OLD BUILDINGS ARE AMAZING. TODAY THE ART WOULD BE PLASTIC.
Hi! Thanks for watching! I hope you weren't too disappointed in seeing it was Auburn, Calif.! Sarah is looking good but I think she always looks good! She does collect those pressed pennies. I think she was shown in the Coloma and Cape Canaveral launch site videos getting a pressed penny! Good to hear from a nice viewer (some out there can be a bit nasty and harsh)!
What, no shots of Sarah eating some pizza? I love that the people of that town didn't let them tear down some of the old building. Living in Modesto/Riverbank we don't have to many old buildings any more. Have you guys tried David's pizza in Stockton?
Very intellectual and entertaining viewing, indeed. Thank you so much for the time and effort it must take in order to produce such high quality videos. I'm wondering if the Pulitzer Prize is awarded for the You Tube videos? If so, yours would certainly be in contention. Thanks again.
That rocky structure in the cut is in fact ancient river bed rock. Many of the old hydraulic mines were in just such ground as that seeking the gold in the old river bed
I used to be a active member of the clampers ECV chapter 3&49 . The statue of the gold miner if I recall was done by a dentist who’s hobby . There are 2 other statues there - can’t miss them . It’s 2 30ft Indians. Forrest hill bridge is cool as well , that’s where they filmed XXX . And they had Vin Diesel’s character jump Corvette off the bridge and he pulled a parachute
Nice video, born and raised in Auburn, I was also an Auburn vol fire member, I was part of the crew that restored the 1914 buick hose wagon
Very cool! Auburn is such a cool town. I was telling Sarah that I could live there! Thanks for watching and we hope that you do subscribe!
You folks did a great job on the Buick! I bet she would have some great stories!
Born in San Jose but raised in Auburn since I was 2. My grandma lived like just down the street from that Buick hose wagon, right next to the newer fire staion. Would visit her all the time and we'd go into old town auburn to get pizza and what not. Great times.
This is my hometown. Believe it or not, my father is from the hills of Puerto Rico and when I asked him why he loved Auburn so much he told me, "It reminds me of home." The twisty roads and hills really do give the same impression. Awesome video!
Thank you Jeff and Sarah for showing my adopted home town. I lived there most of my life. I currently live in the Roseville area just down the road. I remember when my family and I moved there in the 1970s one could still walk about 500 feet into the Margaret Mine off of the Auburn Ravine Road. Other things like the tunnel that ran under the old Shanghai Restaurant. I got the chance to look down there into the tunnel. The Shanghai is now Auburn Alehouse. Also, as Sacramento St. goes uphill from Old Town there is a mine adit which has been covered but was available to look into when the City did road pipe work in the '70s. Now I will watch your trip to this fascinating area of the Gold Rush.
Close to the old post office is the Auburn Alehouse that used to be split in half. a great Chinese restaurant on the left with the old Shanghai Bar on the right. That bar was the bar in the 1996 Travolta film “Phenomenon”. Lots of filming of the movie was there with Travolta and Robert Duvall. John Travolta’s car repair shop was built right outside the bar plugging up the entire street to the right when looking at the bar. To the right in the middle of the street was an “X” where the beam of light from the night sky knocked Travolta down. But the X is gone now and there’s not much recognition of the film there anymore.
any relation to the actor and Johnny loved your cartoon
Welcome to Gold Country. There is so much history in this area.
at 14:05 you will see a good modern day photo of "Commercial St" in old town Auburn.The old brick building that has what looks like as a big circle sign was where "Great Western Litho Printing Company" used to be. I worked there after school in 1970 as a janitor. It is an old two story building. When I worked there, they were still operating an old Linotype machine everyday, ran by a guy named "Frank". It was my job to take all of the old discarded lead/tin type bars, load them all into a metal bucket, put it on the dumbwaiter lift and take it upstairs where I melted them down to make fresh lead/tin bars called "pigs" for the next day's run of type. I would watch Frank at the Linotype machine type in the line of copy, pull a lever which in turn activated the process of pouring the liquid hot lead/tin of the 'pig' into the machine to make that one line of 'type'. hence the name.....Linotype. As Frank typed in each letter of the line, a little brass tab with the letter or number dropped into a slot or tray forming the base that made the lead/tin type. I had to clean up around the Linotype after Frank's shift was done. His area was always littered with his pipe tobacco remains. Also upstairs was the old printing press for the long gone "Placer Herald Newspaper" My friend Jerry and I were told my my boss that if we could take that whole thing apart and haul it away, we could have all the money that we sold it for scrap. It took us most of that Summer to get the job done. We loaded up Jerry's 1/2 ton 1964 Chevy long bed pickup with literally TONS of metal scrap as we dismantled that printing press and hauled it away to downtown Sacramento. I still have a brass bearing I saved as a memento from that job. What I REALLY wanted was the very last silver offset sheet that was still left on the press after its last edition. The boss took that. The print shop is long gone. I wonder what ever happened to that Linotype and the Heidleburg Printing press that was used daily at "Great Western Lithograph"? .......Russell Decker, Placer High School, Class of '71
So enjoy seeing these towns in the gold rush country. So much history.
I was in that beautiful old courthouse for potential jury duty, I was questioned by lawyers, but didn’t make it on the jury. Nice to know the people saved it from destruction! Love Auburn my county seat. Great video!👏👏👍❤️
Once again you did not disappoint I could watch these all day thank you for the history lesson.
Wow! I'm honored! Glad you enjoyed this one too!
That Fountain was Moved in the late seventies it used to be out where the middle of that intersection is, It was moved when they realigned the intersection and extended Auburn Folsom road for the Auburn Dam project. Great video's
New subscriber in the UK. So nice to see small town America in all its glory. Great job.
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It's funny that now that I'm old, I've grown to appreciate the architectural intricacies and designs of American courthouses. Where when I was young, I experienced more of the interior designs of courthouses.
I am so proud to be from Sacramento and the Gold Country Area!!
Beautiful page in history.
Thank you Jeff and Sarah.
Always a pleasure following you around 🌹🌸🍀🌿🌈🍉🍒🫐🥝
Thanks very much, Claudette!
Wow! I just realized that's the pizza place I went with as a kid with my grandma who lived in old town Auburn. She's passed a few years ago from cancer. Lot of childhood memories of old town with her.
I was born and raise in California but never been to Auburn California. Maybe I will someday
Thanks again, Jeff and Sarah.
It’s us who needs to thank you! You watch and like our videos and that thrills us to have a growing following! We appreciate you, Len!
I'm considering moving here this summer. Looks like a nice, charming, thriving place. Plus, love history of any kind, so I'll definitely enjoy the education of the gold rush!
Oh my gosh! The old fire house!? That used to be a Boy's and Girl's Club! I went there as a kid for years. Thank you so much for helping me relive so many good memories. As a kid, I had little to no clue how historic the building was. I just remember playing pool for hours against other kids and playing StarCraft and Halo in the computer lab!
It was interesting to note that Chinese worked for the railroad. Wells Fargo office, County bank (didn't mention it was robbed), Post office, and movie theater.. Tourist has to go to California to see historical places but I'm thankful to you , sitting in my house I'm touring with you. Bret and Sarah have done well. Thanks Jeff.
I’m amazed that you were able to make such a great video in the middle of a pandemic! Well done! I’ll visit the Old Town Pizza restaurant. It must be a good place, if you say so! I’ve been shopping and dining in Auburn for many years. Check the Mexican restaurant on the Main Street! Great food and ambiance! You found sights I’ve missed, especially the statue with the “little feet”!
Good one, Sarah! Love y’all’s sense or
humor! Your superimposed photos are so helpful to see how much or how little a site has changed. Love the background music that you always add.
You must have quite a collection of tunes and background sounds. I like the horses’s hooves sound! Thank you for all your time and care you spend just to entertain us. You are a “pair to draw to”!
Hope I meet you on the trail, my friends!
Mo’ from Stockton
LOVE THE OLD HISTORY OF THESE TOWNS AND TO SEE WHERE THE PEOPLE THAT BUILT THE TOWN ARE BURIED AND THE HISTORY ABOUT THESE FOLKS!!!!
Got to love the kids.
Jeff, I love history and you deliver it up on a silver platter every time. In these uncertain days we're living in, your vlog is an awesome way to escape it for at least for a little while. I have to take a moment to say Thank You for taking the time to research and put together your vlogs. You and your wife are a great team and you guys are refreshing and at times funny. Again thank you guys so much, SINCERELY Peter Whitman 😎😎
Thank you very much, Peter! We like doing this but it is work and I appreciate you recognizing me and Sarah for it. It's nice of you to tell us how you feel about our videos! It encourages us to do more! Thanks again!
I like it when she answers. She likes being there but she doesn't let her happiness being there, to shine. :) Thank you for the videos! SMILE!
My grandfather survived the 1906 sf earthquake and moved to Marysville when he was 10 and lived above a funeral parlor and became a mortician. He and my grandma borrowed a model T and drove to auburn in 1916 I believe and got married in the courthouse and honeymooned in the auburn hotel. They had their 60th anniversary at the auburn hotel. Good channel!
Love this video so glad you lot all safe and loved the laughter at start and great history again :) Glad to see you back xx
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@@jbenziggy Didn't know about negativity as your videos are the best i have seen in ages so ignore that and bring more :) i am waiting :) xx
Thumbs up. BTW: We have a home in nearby Cool.
Northern Calif sourdough bread is THE most fantastic. None like it anywhere else.
I enjoy your programs immensely! I stumbled across your videos during the "stay at home" order and was so excited and I swear I have spent my isolation watching everyone of them. I am a huge old west and history buff so this is up my alley...and because of you program I have add new places to see on my bucket list...I am a Montana girl and I am curious if you have ever looked into the history of one of Montana's huge gold mining town back in the 1800's Virginia City/Nevada City and the story of the lawman Henry Plummer....I think you may be intrigued in the history that lays in the soil and ghost towns here in Montana.
First of all, thanks for watching and enjoying the content! It's cool you want to see these places in person! I confess that it takes effort to get out of my region considering I also keep a full time job to pay the bills. I have only been to Montana once in my life and I think it would be nice to get back up there. I had friend living in Billings, more specifically Shepherd. Beautiful country! Hopefull we will be able to get up there.
@@jbenziggy Good to hear! Hopefully you will be able to take some time to visit this beautiful state...I know at the current time with COVID 19 traveling anywhere is a bit touchy. But if you ever get the chance there is so many places to choose from...Custer's Battle Field, Virginia City, Bannack just to name the very few. I am actually heading to Colorado at the end of the month to see my son and because of you program I am also exploring the sites of Buffalo Bill! Thank you for enlightening me on the history there. And some day I hope to get to California to explore places in your state that you have introduced me to through your program. Like you I find it exciting to be at and to see where legendary people roamed the history that surrounds it and to stand in the light of it. I like to see where they are laid to rest and pay tribute. So from one history explorer to another....Thumbs up!...
Jeff, Sarah, great history lesson. Makes me want to go back up to Auburn.
Our family is looking to move to one of the towns in that area. Listening to so many people, it sounds like Auburn should definitely be open for consideration. It sounds really nice. :)
Keep up the good info love it
Auburn looks great. I love the courthouse and statues. Thank you for "taking me there".
I appreciate your feedback! Yes, it is a beautiful little town! I could live there actually!
great video jeff,went through there many many times to visit a brother across from the dew drop inn,and a sister in grass valley.i actually lived in grass valley from 1952 to 1955.it brings back many fond memories from so far away.thanks for those memories jeff,appreciated.
Very cool! Glad it conjured up some good memories! It's an awesome town and region of California -- take that from a Valley flatlander!
Being a political and socioeconomic refugee from California (native born), this makes me so home sick, having lived in the Roseville, Auburn and Foresthill triangle. Damn if I can remember the name of the old gentleman who knew all the old stories of the area and led hikes in the area like to Deadwood, Bogus Thunder, etc. The Dorer Ranch, I was fortunate to know friends who knew the owner and caretaker, Danny (the "mad perfesso"r) and would go down to the old house and mines in the area, donating a case of beer. I wonder if Danny and his wife are still there? I recall while living in Forsethill, on my days off traveling to areas like Chicken Ranch road and hiked out to an old town site with a mine. I found many artifacts, shards of diner plates, part of the shattered cast iron schoolhouse wood burning stove door, melted glass as the old town had burned, "Last Chance." I had a booklet that I purchased in the Auburn Courthouse gift shop; it had a picture of Last Chance and I was amazed that I was able to stand in the same spot the photographer stood and take a picture there. I took a chance and drove out to Deadwood; got my little pickup truck stuck and had to hike out through Michigan Bluff. Of course, the snows came before I was able to retrieve it. It cost me a fortune to eventually get a tow truck to drive out there. Just yards from my truck, a massive pine tree had fallen across the dirt trail and I had to drive back to Foresthill for the tow truck drivers chainsaw, getting a flat tire on the way back. Good times! Having worked and lived in Placer County, I was sad to see many homeless and mentally ill move in. I guess the old saying is true: "You can't go home."
Great remembrance’s!
sadly, mentally ill and homeless are everywhere in this country. Systemic problem.
Love Auburn!
What an incredible town. So much history in one area, and the effort it took make it happen. I do believe many people today could not have done it. Thanks for another great journey to another great time.
Thanks so much! We appreciate such nice words of affirmation, which far overshadow the negative comments every successful TH-camr is expected to receive!
That Was Awsum...Lots of History There
Love the Funny Stuff too... Old as Dirt, Little Feet, & Bathroom Window 😂
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Ha ha. Thanks. We like to be lighthearted whenever we can!
Nice job. I live in Auburn and this was really fun to watch.
Glad you enjoyed it!
"Your saying, I'm as old as dirt! LoL my daughter says that to me all the time. Love Auburn!
Thanks for the video in Auburn. It is so easy to just zip by on way the Tahoe. We always enjoy the history whenever we have stop there. I really appreciate the excellent production quality of your videos and the drone shots are the cherry on top. Thanks!
Thanks so much! We appreciate such nice words of affirmation, which far overshadow the negative comments every successful TH-camr is expected to receive! I always including drone shots when I can use the drone.
I've been living in California 16 years... Oh!! LOL my bad.. I'm 16.. *None* of what your showing about, *California history* is taught in school. *Thank you* for the new history lessons. I would of never known about California history like you present it.. Like the humor as well. I have seen some oldie shows called *California Gold* but it was boring..Anywho.. Thanks again... Lookin forwards to more.. **PEACE**
Thanks for the view! Most of our viewers are the 40 plus crowd so we are happy to know that a 16-year-old enjoys what we do! Peace to you, too!
Could you please do a video on Roseville, they also have an old town pizza!
In the basement of the Chamber of Commerce is a 2 lane bowling alley from the 1930s.
Thank you for Sharing Jeff and Sarah
Our pleasure! We're glad you watch us again!
These are great! Thanks for creating them :)
Thanks a bunch!
Awesome video!! I’m curious where you got your information on the people in the old auburn cemetery? I’m from Auburn and I’m trying to learn as much as I can about the local history, focusing on the cemetery for now.
Great video! Have you ever headed up north to Shasta County? Redding has some cool history but Old Shasta nearby has some awesome old buildings and a pioneer cemetery to check out and Weaverville 30 mins west has some great mining history!
Maybe one day! I have been there but Sarah and I have not been there for History Hunters! Thanks for the idea!
I found a mountain in ( Mojave ) with two shafts on the side here close to where I live in Lancaster CA. The road leading to it is named Silver Queen.
loving theese videos jeff and sarah
Thanks very much, James! We appreciate it!
Another great video Jeff got the whole family involved
Thanks so much! We appreciate such nice words of affirmation, which far overshadow the negative comments every successful TH-camr is expected to receive!
nice to see sarah again.love this series.
Thanks!!!
Thank you so much for sharing. Will you be headed to Nevada City or Grass Valley? I appreciate your videos and all the history of each location you provide. 👍
Not sure yet but eventually I'm sure we will. Regular work holds us back a lot.
@@jbenziggy Grass Valley and Nevada City have so much character and beauty you were so close...not that I don't like Auburn but GV and NC have a lot of history and the Empire Mine...they are a must see and would make a great video
Cool visit and tour!😎
Living in Placer county, I was asked by a gold seeker, "Do you know if anyone's found gold in this creek?" I answered, "nope, all i know is they call this Dry Creek cuz there ain't no gold in it!"
Mr. Henry Fords mass production of inexpensive cars got folks out on the ol' Lincoln hi-way.
The cells in my body are only 13 Million years old, so I'm still fairly young...well, in between juvenile and senile.
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My howntown still live here!! Beautiful small town!!
I’m from auburn to🤟🏻
I really enjoy your site. I am amazed at your knowledge on peoples history. You must spend countless hours on the research. Keep up the good work.
Thanks. I love history so the research is fun! Thanks for watching!
Jeff, have you considered doing a spot on the Mossdale Y ? That's the point where the Continental Rail Road actually became continental. It's where the San Joaquin river, I-5, and the Southern Pacific rail line all merge together. Growing up in Tracy, I never realized the importance until I moved away and had joined the Navy, where upon I learned that it was a "primary" target for an enemy ICBM. If you watch the Pilot of "Then came Bronson" with Michael Parks, you'll see him plunge his Harley Davidson sportster into the river at the boat ramp at Mossdale. He also gets a job later cleaning bricks with his co-star Bonnie Bedillia, they were actually cleaning the bricks from downtown Stockton's city renewal project, with the bricks located near the old Heinz plant between Lathrop and Stockton.
Yes I have considered it! I will get to it some day. Thanks!
My in laws live outside of Auburn at the Lake of the Pines on a golf course. I luv going down there every chance I get 2 explore. Be going down soon for a visit.
Yes, my folks lived there many years ago. I used to go there from the Bay Area to water-ski on most weekends. Lake of the Pines...
This was another, amazing video Jeff, my husband & I just took another road trip, this past Sunday, to Auburn, I just had to go & see these amazing statues, for myself, a road trip, very worth making. Thanks for getting us out of the house, Jeff Ha ! Ha!
Wow, Pamela, that is exciting to hear! Others have said we inspired them to visit locations we feature. The sad thing for Sarah and I is the fact that Old Town Pizza has moved and is no longer in the downtown location. We hope that another pizza restaurant opens there in that quaint building. The new location is more like a modern brewery spot.
Thanks Jeff, the way, that my husband & I are getting out & about, I was really hoping to meet you, sometime, "Have a good day".
Glad to see all y'all again,luv the videos you do 👍
Glad you like them! More is on the way!
Love your video, very educational
Thanks so much for your nice words!
I lived there for 18 years. Loved it. Lived in downtown. Got too expensive and had to move a couple of years ago.
auburn really is a great place.
Indeed! I love that town!
HI Jeff...I realize an older Video, but great as usual. This is where Dad lives. Interesting factoid: this is where that John Travolta Movie was filmed (forgot the name of it). Also, ALOT of WW II history up in Auburn that many are unaware of (Glenn Miller stopped in Auburn Many times). Dewitt Center, formerly a WW II Army Hospital. That Cemetary is where Mom is buried.
Beautiful courthouse and terrific old fireball. I worked in our county courthouse retiring 2 years ago tomorrow. No character whatsoever. It's been remodeled so many times there is no semblance to the original courthouse on the inside except the doors to the courtrooms and huge car ed wall clocks here and there. Such a shame. The federal bldg is pretty much pristine as is city hall, but the federal bldg is the best. Thanks for another great history lesson and tour.
Great to see the playful side, here. Another good job, Jeff.
Right on! Thank you very much!
Thirty years of my life spent in them that hills ! 😍❤️❤️😍
And why did you leave? Or did you?
My boys were grown and gone, both of my parents had passed and I was alone with 4.5 acres to tend. My one and only grandchild was in Sacramento. I wanted to be able to care for her. So I sold the acreage and bought a condo near them. In 2004 my son decided they should move here to Riverton in the Salt Lake Valley. So I came with them because I was born when the Dead Sea just had a little cold! You missed the Chinese graves in the old cemetery. I think they were down by Rattlesnake Dick grave. Thanks again for taking me back home. Love your channel and so happy to see Sarah again! ❤️❤️
Amazing the RR cut is still standing and hasn't just sloughed in.
Great episode thank you...
Well done Jeff and family! I really enjoyed the video.
Thanks so much!
I will have to get off the freeway and see the sights. Thanks for the drone shot!
Thank you!!!
Another great episode- wish went to the running track part of modern history now
Great video. I love Auburn. I spent a lot of time in the “gold area” of California. I had 4 mining claims in Quincy. Lots of fun in Gold Country.
Very cool! I've panned gold but gotten little for my effort. No wonder all those 49ers had to find real work! LOL
History Hunters I got some good “color” but A LOT of work! Back then we could dredge. Still a lot of work. Wet suit, mask, snorkel. Then when you got too deep fro the snorkel you had to hook up the air, so it was live diving. Probably a contributing factor to my messed up back! Lol
@@melissajensen3166 We need a show on gold mining and you can be interviewed about what gold mining is really all about! 😆
Lived here my whole life and I never knew half that stuff. Thanks for the vid haha
You’re welcome Bryan. Thanks for watching!
i have eaten lunch at this cemetery. i adore the peace there and do not ever get wierd vibes. and i look up the graves here to, so interesting
Nothing wrong with enjoying the serenity of a cemetery with its fascinating markers in tribute to those who came before us!
Thanks, loved it !
Very nice I see a road trip in my future.
I just moved here 4 months ago i like it
I can see why! It’s a beautiful town!
Great presentation
Again,great job 😊
Thank you so much 😀
what a historic and cool looking town. i subscribed after watching this episode. the first episode i watched from you channel is the one about the murder of the 4 chp officers in newhall.
keep up the great work!
may 27, 2023
I grew up a Auburn
12:23 I met a woman who had a small shop in Mariposa Ca named Alinda Franklin (deceased. 2009). She made cloth sculputed figures like your jailbird, she probably made that one. She once made look alike dolls for the whole mash cast. www.goldrushcam.com/dolls%20by%20alinda.htm at 14:00 my grandma used to have a shop in this building next to the bank.
Ive been to this town and stayed here a night. It was my favorite part of the Sacramento area.
Very Good Vlog...Thanks....
JEFF - SARAH 130 PM SUN. 31 MAY 20 EVERETT, WA. WHEN I SAW YOUR INTRO - OLD TOWN AUBURN, I THOUGHT YOU
HAD COME TO WASH. STATE. GREAT TOUR AS ALWAYS, SARAH IS LOOKING GOOD, SINCE YOU TRAVEL TO SO MANY
DIFFERENT PLACES - DO YOU EVER COLLECT THE PRESSED PENNIES ? I HAVE FINISHED ONE BOOK - 48 DIFFERENT
PENNIES FROM SEVERAL STATES, HAWAII AND A FRIEND BROUGHT ME SOME FROM ENGLAND. THE ART WORK ON THE
OLD BUILDINGS ARE AMAZING. TODAY THE ART WOULD BE PLASTIC.
Hi! Thanks for watching! I hope you weren't too disappointed in seeing it was Auburn, Calif.! Sarah is looking good but I think she always looks good! She does collect those pressed pennies. I think she was shown in the Coloma and Cape Canaveral launch site videos getting a pressed penny! Good to hear from a nice viewer (some out there can be a bit nasty and harsh)!
Extremely interesting. Thank you
Glad you think so! We appreciate you watching!!!
@@jbenziggy so welcome ❤
What, no shots of Sarah eating some pizza? I love that the people of that town didn't let them tear down some of the old building. Living in Modesto/Riverbank we don't have to many old buildings any more. Have you guys tried David's pizza in Stockton?
Do a video about Grass Valley, Nevada City and Downieville.
Very intellectual and entertaining viewing, indeed. Thank you so much for the time and effort it must take in order to produce such high quality videos. I'm wondering if the Pulitzer Prize is awarded for the You Tube videos? If so, yours would certainly be in contention. Thanks again.
Thank you. You’re a wonderful person for being so supportive!
That rocky structure in the cut is in fact ancient river bed rock. Many of the old hydraulic mines were in just such ground as that seeking the gold in the old river bed
So I was right! How else could you explain the well rounded formation of those deeply buried rocks! Thanks!
You should do a video of the Visalia Mooney Grove Park Museum theres a lot of history there
What a beautiful place
Ok the minute 6:33 the guy who's on the rail road walks funny..like glitched :O
Very good video by the way..I enjoyed to much :)
I have been there and looked around the same places it’s very interesting town
Fantastic video thank you
So nice of you! Thanks!
Enjoyed video. Could tell all 3 of you having a good time. Pizza. Pizza 🍕
Glad you enjoyed it!
Awesome court house❤
I was born in Auburn 62 years ago
I used to be a active member of the clampers ECV chapter 3&49 . The statue of the gold miner if I recall was done by a dentist who’s hobby . There are 2 other statues there - can’t miss them . It’s 2 30ft Indians. Forrest hill bridge is cool as well , that’s where they filmed XXX . And they had Vin Diesel’s character jump Corvette off the bridge and he pulled a parachute
Yeah we showed the Indians in our video. You didn’t watch it. LOL