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[treasure_lady]

Here is a great source for photos, maps, etc: http://www.oac.cdlib.org/search.image.html It's the online archive of California. Amazing resource! Enjoy!

 

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[skinnyoda]

Thats the best site i have seen for historical pictures. Thanks for the great post

Yoda

 

[treasure_lady]

You are welcome! I spent a couple of hours on there myself last night..and still didn't finish looking at all the old photos of my town and area!

 

[AlphaQuest]

Nice source for Californians!

AQ

 

[Wild Boulder Bill]

I was reading the Colorado archives newspaper last night about a bear that ate a boy and an indian in Gunnison county also a landslide that wiped out a railroad station and killed fourteen people. Love those archives. I also make great use of the census.

Wild Boulder