Day 23v2 – Columbia, Calif., not Mo.
Columbia, Calif., is a state park, an old gold rush town in the foothills that’s either been very well preserved or very well re-created (or imagined).
I used to go there as a kid both with my family and with classes on field trips. I remember really only two things, the candy shop, and from the candy shop I most remember the gigantic jawbreakers they sold (don’t know whether they made them there), and I remember the blacksmith shop where I once bought a ring made from a horseshoe nail. Which I promptly lost, on a flight I think. Bummed me out for days if I remember correctly. Anyway, the candy shop still sells gigantic jaw breakers (and I saw more than a few kids with them) and I bought a new ring made from a horseshoe nail. Still have it.
The last few pictures are of a very rare stone corral that’s one of two stone corrals on the road to Sonora.
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- My mom peering into one of the old shops in Columbia State Park
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- My grandmother talking to one of the park’s docents while my dad takes photos
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- One of the docents in a store explaining about Gold Rush era food supplies
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- The blacksmith’s shop
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- Candy shop with the giant jawbreakers at the counter
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- Wells Fargo stagecoach
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- Cowgirl
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- And I thought the jawbreakers were big!
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- Blooming tree outside the red church
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- Old stone corral
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- Old wooden trough with the stone corral in the background
Fantastic pull and movement in rock wall photo – cool perspective – all these shots are great !!
Thank you!