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Most of the long-term settlers in the community came from Wales and Italy.

Douglas Flat

The history of Douglas Flat is typical of many other towns in the California foothills, with its booms and busts, colorful characters, and reliance first on mining and then on agriculture (Figure GLO)

Did you know?

  • Michelson school's namesake

    Albert Michelson, who measured the speed of light and became the first American to win the Nobel Prize (1907), attended school in Murphys.

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