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From: "William L. Harvey" <>
Subject: Re: The Cherokees in the Gold Fields??
Date: Sun, 01 Feb 1998 10:36:02 -0800


Hi Margie,

Are you referring to the "Cherokee Hydraulic Diggins" located north of
Oroville on Highway 70? I visited there a couple of times while on
business trips in the '80s. It is really impressive as an example of a
large hydraulic mining enterprise. I wondered how the name had
originated and now we know the "rest of the story". Thanks.

Bill Harvey


M Newton wrote:
>
> >From the HISTORY OF BUTTE COUNTY, 1918 by George C, Mansfield:
> Cherokee received its name from a band of Cherokee Indians who came
> to California in 1853 and established themselves there. These
> Indians came with S. O. Potter. Potter was a Maine schoolteacher,
> who had been teaching in the Indian Territory.
>
> Nancy Howard wrote:
>
> > We found a lot of information about the Kanakas--Hawaiian
> > Islanders in the Gold Fields...perhaps we can find the Cherokees.
> > Sincerely,
> > Nancy Howard
>
> Hope this helps--
> Margie Newton
>
> Searching for: MARKLE, ROBERTS, BLOOD, SPARROW, WILLIAMS
> in Baker County Oregon
> : SCHOUTEN, DEKKER in Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
>

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