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(January 1st 2012 - December 31st, 2013)

G. Donald Bain

Drakes Bay Oyster Farm

G. Donald Bain

A Relic of the Gold Rush of 1849

Amador City, California, USA

June 13, 2012

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The Gold Rush of 1849 added a notable California element to nineteenth-century American culture.

The heritage of the 49'ers is most evident in the remaining towns of the Mother Lode gold country, of which Amador City is a tiny gem. Most of these towns hit their population peak in the 1850's or 60's. Amador had 6000 residents in 1860, but only 185 now - the smallest incorporated city in the state.

There is a very consistent and recognizable look to these towns. They were originally built of wood and canvas, and burned down repeatedly. But eventually they were rebuilt in brick and stone, with heavy iron doors and shutters to make them fireproof.

This summer I prepared a series of 360° panoramas to document the string of towns along Highway 49, the Mother Lode gold country. North to south they are: Johnsville, Sierra City, Downieville, North Bloomfield, Nevada City, Grass Valley, Washington, Auburn, Colfax, Georgetown, Coloma, Placerville, Plymouth, Amador City, Sutter Creek, Jackson, Volcano, Mokelumne Hill, San Andreas, Copperopolis, Angels Camp, Murphys, Columbia, Sonora, and Jamestown.
More panoramas of Amador City in the Lake Tahoe and the Northern Sierra Nevada section of my website.

Don Bain's 360° Panoramas
Location

USA-Canada / USA-California

Lat: 38° 25' 9.18" N
Long: 121° 50' 28.41" W

Elevation: 940 feet (286 meters)

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Precision is: Unknown / Undeclared.

Equipment
Photographed with a Canon 5D Mark II digital SLR with a 15mm Canon fisheye lens, on a Nodal Ninja VR mount, Really Right Stuff ballhead, and Gitzo carbon-fiber tripod. Stitched with PTGui Pro 9 on a Macintosh Intel Core 2 Duo iMac, retouched with Photoshop CS3.

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