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An earlier Nelson
Photographer: E Clampus Vitus Plaques Book 1930-1995
Taken: n/a
Caption: An earlier Nelson's Bar marker erected by the E Clampus Vitus Pair-O-Dice Chapter
Additional Description: "This small mining settlement was named for Bejamin Nelson who discovered gold here in 1850. The town sprawled on both sides of the West Branch of the North Fork of the Feather River, across which many ferries and bridges were built and all were lost to the water, the last in 1967, to Lake Oroville.
Dedicated April 21, 1979 by E Clampus Vitus, Pair-O-Dice 7-11."
Submitted: December 9, 2012, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p228103
File Size: 0.678 Megabytes

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