History – Old Town Auburn, California

160 years of rich history from Gold Rush to Endurance Races

Hunters, trappers, explorers, miners.

Posted By admin on July 1, 2009

early Auburn settlers

early Auburn miners

It wasn’t until the 1840’s that the first Euro-American hunters, trappers and fur traders appeared in the Ravine. They were soon followed by explorer/surveyor John Fremont in 1843 – 44, John Bidwell in 1844 – 45 and Theodore Sigard in 1845. As the first settlers started appearing in the early wagon trains, a young Frenchman named Claude Chana came west settling in at Sigard’s Ranch on the Bear River.


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