Photo Description
Original notes with daguerreotype, Abraham Thompson (on left) and partners using a long tom at Thompsons Dry Diggings on Yreka Flats. Thompson's discovery of gold here in March, 1851 started the gold rush to Siskiyou County.
Photo Details
Location: Yreka , California (gallery)
Year: 1851
Source: Northeastern California Historic Photograph Collection
