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๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐๐๐ค๐ฌ #๐ฆ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ I grabbed my 1868 Plumas County map (original plan) and headed for the Eastern portion of ๐๐๐๐ค๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ๐กโ๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ. Iโve always loved this drive and often find myself wondering about the historic towns that dot the valleys picturesque landscape. The only problemโฆ When I looked at my 1868 Plumas map not 1 of the towns on my drive were on it.So after some exhaustive research ๐ญ๐ก๐ #๐ง๐๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฉ๐ฌโ Thatโs right 1 every decade from 1853 to 2022. Making this ๐๐๐(๐๐ฅ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ)๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐๐๐๐ค๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ๐กโ๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ. I learned about the myth, the man, the LEGEND Jim Beckwourth, used my maps to find towns that are long gone, learned a little history about the towns that show up on the maps today. I got to wander amongst the ruins of a few ghost towns. Hit up an old cemetery, searched for gold and Gerry found a new project car. All in all it was a great it was an eventful 180(almost) year journey. To read more about my adventure and to see all 17 maps head on over to creativecartography.net and check it out. ~ Map on everyone. #creativecartography #mapadventures #historicmaps #womenwhoexplore #beckwourthspass #sierravalley #mohawk #plumaseurekastatepark #blairsden #jamisoncreek #mohawkvalley #historythroughmaps #california #californiaadventure #californialove #californiamagazine #visitcalifornia #plumascounty #visitplumascounty #explorecalifornia #mapblog #papermaps #californiaghosttowns #californiaghosts #ghosttownadventurers #adventuresofgandh #mapart #womenwhoexplorecalifornia (at Beckwourth, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cb4eLjoO8zZ/?utm_medium=tumblr