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Been doing some research on the locations of some of the riverboat landings here on the sacramento river, that were used by riverboats while taking the goldrush miners from San Francisco up to Sacramento. So this past weekend I decided to drive along the levee of the river and stop and try to get some info from some of the old timers in all the little towns along the way. Some of which look like a down sized version of Mayberry.
Any way I managed to talk to no less than eight old timers along the way, and it helped me to get some generalized possible locations.
But the thing was, is that they all looked like 80 year old Barney Fife's. Except for one, he was one of thems son. But he looked enough like Otis to have been his brother.
And when I asked them about the riverboat landings.( I think it was four, but I'll say three)
Three of them took great delite in telling me that riverboats don't land. Airplanes land. Riverboats only dock , moor or port.
So that's why I say Phooey!! Cause it seems I was set up by our gold rush forefathers that chose to name them landings.
Well I hope they (forefathers) had a good laugh. Because I sure did, and a great sunny 70 degree day to go with it. HH
Any way I managed to talk to no less than eight old timers along the way, and it helped me to get some generalized possible locations.
But the thing was, is that they all looked like 80 year old Barney Fife's. Except for one, he was one of thems son. But he looked enough like Otis to have been his brother.
And when I asked them about the riverboat landings.( I think it was four, but I'll say three)
Three of them took great delite in telling me that riverboats don't land. Airplanes land. Riverboats only dock , moor or port.
So that's why I say Phooey!! Cause it seems I was set up by our gold rush forefathers that chose to name them landings.
Well I hope they (forefathers) had a good laugh. Because I sure did, and a great sunny 70 degree day to go with it. HH
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