Tolle's Old Diggings, California

Tolle's Old Diggings (also, Tolls Old Diggings and Tolls Dry Diggings)[1] is a former settlement in Butte County, California, United States. It was located 0.5 miles (0.8 km) downstream from the original site of Forbestown.[2] It was featured in news reports of robbery by Charles A. Pitcher.[3] and vigilante justice.

References

  1. Miller, Donald C. (1978). Ghost Towns of California. Boulder, Colorado: Pruett Publishing Company. p. 65. ISBN 0871085178.
  2. Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 236. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
  3. http://www.firedragon.com/~kap/PitcherOfMaine.pdf

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