4/6/2019

4/6/2019

4/6/2019

4/6/2019

4/6/2019

4/6/2019

Landmark information

  • Location:
    Columbia SHP, NW corner of Washington and Broadway Sts, Columbia
  • Plaque:
    Official State Plaque
  • Site:
    Existing
  • Date First Visited:
    5/26/1996
  • Date Most Recently Visited:
    4/6/2019
  • GPS Coordinates:
    N 38 2.022, W 120 24.124
  • Other Designations:
    National Historic Landmark
    National Register of Historic Places

About this landmark

Plaque text:

Columbia
Columbia, the "Gem of the southern mines," became a town of 4000 to 5000 in the 1850's, following the discovery of gold here by the Hildreth party March 27, 1850. Gold shipments, estimated at $87,000,000, declined rapidly after 1858, but Columbia never became a 'ghost town.'