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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
June 2, 2005
In 1848, James Wilson Marshall found nuggets of gold in the tailrace at a sawmill on a tributary of the Sacramento River. In the next few years, prospectors swarmed across Northern California seeking their fortune.
What was once pristine habitat for salmon and steelhead was scarred forever, its....
