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Horsetown, California

Horsetown was a major historical mining town on the Clear Creek in Reading, California, United States in Shasta County. The town was founded as a tent mining town in 1851 after Major Pierson Barton Reading found gold just east of where the town was founded. Reading's gold find site is called Reading

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ExperienceGhost Town
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Sources: Wikipedia: Horsetown, California.

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Reading, CA

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