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| Landmark #320 | Yuba County | Visited: July 9, 2016 | Plaque? YES! 🙂 |
| What is it? | A plaque on the side of the road! |
| What makes it historical? | THE GUIDE SAYS: In 1855, Timbuctoo was the largest town in eastern Yuba County. At the height of its prosperity it contained a church, theater, stores, hotels, and saloons, a Wells Fargo office, and the Stewart Bros. store which was restored in 1928 and dedicated to the town’s pioneer men and women.
OTHER TIDBITS: Timbuctoo actually got its name from a ravine in which an escaped slave from the South (whose name has sadly been lost to history) found the area’s first gold! He named the ravine after his hometown of Timbuktu, Mali, and the town that grew up around the ravine kept the name going. It thrived on placer mining until the Sawyer Decision turned this boomtown into a ghost town! In American culture of the time, “Timbuctoo” was the furthest and most remote a person could get in the world! |
| How can I Help the Helpers? | HERE’S HOW:
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| Where is this place? | LISTED DIRECTIONS:
ANNOTATIONS: From Los Angeles: ~443mi (713km) — 7.4hrs |
| When should I go? | Whenever the mood strikes you! |