Sad News out of Tuolumne County

balzaccom
Sep 3, 2025
1 min read

A wildfire there has destroyed Chinese Camp. It's a small, historic mining community that many will have driven past on the way to Yosemite. We always enjoyed its quirky nature and older buildings. Chinese Camp wasn't a "restored town," it was a left-over town, and we liked that.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/quick-moving-wildfire-scorches-historic-051225834.html

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