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Rick & Cherry Simi own this house on uppermain in Downieville, CA 95936
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Rick and Cherry Simi have lived in Sierra County for a number of years. Rick is a Blogger, 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.
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Check Out Rick's Sites
http://www.westernwhiskeytooltopgazette.com
http://www.globtopwhiskies.com/
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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!
Cy of www.goodyearsbar.com ,thinks this is just what Sierra County needs!
The History of the Gold Rush Camps and of the bottles from this Era. It is
fantastic! Check out this book review by Jeff Wichmann!
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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 ,Rick or Cherry 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
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