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Downieville's Newest Attraction
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Rick and Cherry Simi have lived in Sierra County for a number of years. Rick is a builder, rider, explorer and
has built "Simiville" on their property on Upper Main Street of Downieville, Sierra County, California.
Rick's Simiville has replicas of
a Golden Era Saloon, General Store, Livery Stable and Outhouse.
In addition, Simiville has a mine shaft which goes into the hillside ajacent to Simiville. This is Downieville's newest attraction and worth the trip to look over.
Rick rebuilt this home [pictured above]. Rick and Cherry Simi live in this house which is adjacent to Simiville,
Downieville's newest attraction!
Rick is not only a Builder, Bottle Digger, Explorer, but is now an Author! check out his latest Book! It's great!
It is priced at only $39.99 (a steal at that price!) Check it out! www.goodyearsbar.com thinks this is what Sierra County wants! History of the Gold Rush Camps and of the
bottles from that Era. It is fantastic! Check out this book review by Jeff Wichmann!
Downieville Bottle Show gathering at Simiville!
NEW BOOK SHEDS LIGHT ON GOLD RUSH CAMPS OF SIERRA COUNTY
An interesting new book written by Rick Simi of Downieville, CA brings to light the many treasures hidden away in the peaks
and valleys of the rugged Sierra County portion of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Simi documents the many towns and businesses
that became a part of this great western past. He includes a timeline from when gold was discovered in Coloma all the way
through the events that occurred over the many years the search for gold became a passion for citizens from every corner
of the world. But the book is more than that; it is also a collectors guide of everything old and born of the great California Gold Rush.
As Simi tells the story of his love for the small town of Downieville, his town now, he unfolds the past by sharing with the reader the
incredible number of camps, settlements and towns which yielded treasures left behind by those in search of their own.
Things like smoking pipes, pot lids, belt buckles and bottles were just a few of the discarded items that would become
today�s new treasure. He unveils the various types of bottles found in Sierra County and goes into detail regarding the age and rarity of each bottle, accompanied by a beautiful color photograph of each one. His chapter on belt buckles alone is worth the price of the book and he ends with a glossary of terms used by the early settlers and words still used today.
This richly detailed and illustrated book is a perfect warm-up for planning trips into these mighty mountains often called the most beautiful in the world. You will learn the many different places gold was sought after and the amazing camps and towns that emerged from nowhere. Towns like Goodyears Bar and McDonald Flat, Jim Crow and the Secret Ravine. Some easily accessible by car such as Downieville, others tucked away into the nooks and crannies of the breathtaking landscape. As Simi points out, where there was gold there were men and women who feverishly spent their days working and their nights dreaming of better things to come.
If you are interested in buying a copy of Gold Rush Camps and Bottles of Sierra County, you can contact the author or his wife, Rick or Cherry Simi P.O. Box 115 Downieville, CA 95936 and for $39.99 they will be happy to get one off right away. Gold Rush Camps is a wonderful book for anyone and everyone who has any interest in the California Gold Rush. As a reference and collectors guide, you will be amazed at the history of this great Sierra County. -
Jeff Wichmann
E-mail address: seeme@sccn.net
This page contains links to the Downieville Riders Newsletter.
All content is provided by Rick Simi. Rick has been publishing these letters for over
two years and at some point all the previous articles will be posted on www.ride2kx.net. For now, the
latest and greatest is available on the ride2kx website under the Downieville Riders Page.
The following picture of Rick and Cherry taken on the road to Street Vibes 2003.
www.GoodyearsBar.com is where the North Yuba flows. We love the history and the life in Sierra County, California
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Current Weather Conditions
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