California State Route 49 (also known as the Gold Country Highway) is a scenic highway in the California Gold Country that passes through the historic mining communities of the 1849California gold rush. Highway 49 is numbered after the "49ers", the waves of immigrants who swept into the area looking for gold. Mitchell Freeway in Perth, Western Australia For other uses, see Highway (disambiguation). ... Gold Country (also Mother Lode Country) is a region of northeastern California famed for the mines and mineral deposits which so famously brought the 49ers west for the California Gold Rush. ... 1849 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Gold rush handbill The California Gold Rush was a period in American history marked by mass hysteria concerning a gold discovery in Northern California. ...
Cities/Communities along Highway 49 (south to north)
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StateRoute49 is a CaliforniaStateHighway that travels in a North-South direction, passing through many historic mining communities of the 1849California gold rush.
Robinson's Ferry (California Historical Landmark #276, postmile CAL 0.6), a ferry across the Stanislaus River established in 1848.
Route49 is part of the Freeway and Expressway System, as stated by section 253.4 of the CaliforniaStateHighway Code.
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