Hunters, trappers, explorers, miners.
Posted By admin on July 1, 2009

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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