Late in 1851, sailors who had jumped ship from Crescent City, Calif., and Willamette Valley farmers on their way to California discovered gold in Althouse Creek andits tributaries in Southwestern Ore
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Late in 1851, sailors who had jumped ship from Crescent City, Calif., and Willamette Valley farmers on their way to California discovered gold in Althouse Creek andits tributaries in Southwestern Ore