Weaverville, California
Settled: 1850
Status: Active Town
Current Population: 3,554
Peak Population: na
Elevation: 2011 Feet
Primary Mineral: Gold
Founded in 1850, Weaverville is a historic California Gold Rush town. Nestled at the foot of the current day Trinity Alps Wilderness Weaverville was once home to approximately 2,000 Chinese gold miners and had its own Chinatown. The Weaverville Joss House, a Daoist temple, is one of the few remaining structures left from those Chinese miners and is now a California State Park.
Logging and timber products were a mainstay of Weaverville and Trinity County, CA for many years and although the industry has declined the industry has modified with the times towards sustainable yields and community stewardship projects.
The Old West did live large in Weaverville with gunfights, saloons and even bank robberies by notorious figures like Black Bart. One of the local restaurants is located in a building that still houses the safe that was robbed by this historic outlaw.
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