38°26′17″N 120°49′10″W / 38.43806°N 120.81944°W / 38.43806; -120.81944

Lower Rancheria
Former settlement
Lower Rancheria is located in California
Lower Rancheria
Lower Rancheria
Location in California
Coordinates: 38°26′17″N 120°49′10″W / 38.43806°N 120.81944°W / 38.43806; -120.81944
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
CountyAmador County
Elevation
[1]
1,017 ft (310 m)

Lower Rancheria is a former gold-mining camp in Amador County, California. It was located on Rancheria Creek 2 miles (3.2 km) east-southeast of Drytown,[2] at an elevation of 1017 feet (310 m). Placer mining began at Lower Rancheria in 1848.[2]

Prior to 1855, the camp at Lower Rancheria was mostly populated by Spanish-speaking miners. On 6 August 1855 a series of murders were carried out at the camp by a group of Mexicans, who killed five men and one women and who also robbed the contents of a safe. Following this, three of the Mexicans were hanged, and the Mexican population of the camp were driven away.[3]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lower Rancheria, California
  2. ^ a b Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 478. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
  3. ^ Gudde, Erwin G. (April 2009). California Gold Camps. University of California Press. p. 283. ISBN 9780520261440. Retrieved 16 December 2021.


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