As you approach from the west, tall pines begin to dot the landscape, hinting at the wilderness adventures that await beyond the town limits. The elevation (around 3,000 feet) brings cooler ...

SURVIVED THE FIRE. INSIDE THE CALIFORNIA STATE LIBRARY. BOOKS PAINT THE PICTURE OF WHAT CHINESE CAMP WAS LIKE IN THE MID 1800S. PEOPLE CAME IN FROM ALL AROUND THE WORLD. CHINESE GOLD MINERS FLOCKED TO ...

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Chinese Camp, California saw some of its famed structures burn. A spate of lighting strikes this week ignited a series of wildfires in the Sierra Nevada foothills, including one that damaged multiple ...

DENVER (KDVR) — There’s a new rollercoaster in town. The Glenwood Springs rollercoaster, known as the Cliffhanger Roller Coaster, was once the highest elevation rollercoaster in North America. That is ...

A historic California Gold Rush-era town lay in ruins Wednesday after lightning storms sparked almost two dozen wildfires. The storied settlement of Chinese Camp was badly hit when flames roared ...

CHINESE CAMP, Calif. – A massive wildfire raging within a historic California Gold Rush community has forced residents to flee their homes and seek safety as flames devour the landscape and structures ...

CHINESE CAMP, Calif. - New video shows the aftermath of a wildfire that destroyed part of a historic California Gold Rush town. CALFIRE officials have named the cluster of 22 separate fires the TCU ...

Caltrans is urging drivers to seek alternate routes to Yosemite, such as Highway 140 through Mariposa, and to check the agency’s travel alert map for the latest information. As of Wednesday afternoon, ...

A wave of lightning-sparked wildfires burned across the Sierra Nevada foothills of Central California on Wednesday, torching dry hillsides and threatening historic Gold Rush-era towns as fire crews ...