Keywords: The general store and U.S. Post Office in French Gulch, a tiny settlement west of Redding, California, and near the Whiskeytown National Recreation Area LCCN2013630870.tif 1 photograph digital tiff file color Notes Title date and keywords provided by the photographer ; Credit line The Jon B Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Project Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division ; Gift; The Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation in memory of Jon B Lovelace; 2012; DLC/PP-2012 063 ; Forms part of Jon B Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M Highsmith Archive ; French Gulch was founded by French miners in 1849 and became one of California's major gold producing areas On August 14 2004 the entire town of French Gulch was evacuated due to a forest fire 2012 Creator Carol M Highsmith Library of Congress Catalog http //lccn loc gov/2013630870 Image download https //cdn loc gov/master/pnp/highsm/23600/23692a tif Original url http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/highsm 23692 No known restrictions on publication LOC-image highsm 23692 40 42 0696 0 N 122 38 292 0 W alt 419_source exif_heading PD-Highsmith Images uploaded by Fæ The Jon B Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Project Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Jon B Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M Highsmith Archive Photographs by Carol M Highsmith |