Wildfire Scorches Historic California Gold Mining Town

Wildfires blaze across California Gold Country, ravage historic town - Hawaii Tribune-Herald

CHINESE CAMP, Calif. — A cluster of lightning-sparked wildfires raged across portions of two Northern California counties on Wednesday, forcing widespread evacuations and engulfing part of an historic Gold Rush mining town once home to thousands of Chinese immigrants.

Wildfire scorches historic California gold mining town

TUOLUMNE COUNTY, Calif. (AP) — One of nearly two dozen fires burning across Northern California on Wednesday scorched homes in a Gold Rush town settled in the 1850s by thousands of Chinese miners driven out of a nearby camp.

Wildfire damaged historic California Gold Rush town

Wildfire damaged historic California Gold Rush town

Wildfire West of Yosemite Levels Historic Gold-Rush Town

A wildfire is raging to the west of Yosemite National Park, and now, it has leveled parts of Chinese Camp, a historic gold-rush town. Founded in the 1850s by Chinese miners who traveled to California during the Gold Rush, the town still had original buildings standing, like the post office, until the fire ripped through this week. Reports suggest the 170-year-old post-office building now has a collapsed roof and “significant fire damage” to the …