Michigan Bar was a former
mining camp near a
sandbar in the
Cosumnes River in
Sacramento County, California which was founded by two gold miners from
Michigan.[1] The town site expanded out of the mining camp and by the 1850s contained a population of around 1500. By 1899, it had its own post office.[2][3] Later
hydraulic mining destroyed the original settlement, when the name came to designate a mining district.[4]
^Hoover, Mildred Brooke; Kyle, Douglas E. (September 6, 2002).
Historic spots in California. The Internet Archive. Stanford University Press. p. 306.
ISBN978-0-8047-4482-9. Retrieved December 21, 2011.
^"Michigan Bar". California State Parks, Office of Historic Preservation.
Archived from the original on February 17, 2024. Retrieved October 11, 2012.