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 SACRAMENTO, SHASTA, LAKE TAHOE 1T1 Eight miles northwest of Placerville, the Native Sons have erected a statue of Marshall overlook- ing Coloma and the American River, commemo- rative of the discovery of gold. The road most travelled from Sacramento to Truckee (119 m.) and Tahoe City (134 m.) is the Ogden Route of the Southern Pacific. The upper road of the "Wishbone" (state highway) paral- lels the railway through grain-fields and orchards which farther up the canyon of the American River give way to interlacing hills. In these hills arcs of water are forced out of low nozzles to wring from the grudging rocks their gold. Roseville is the southern terminus of the line which passes through Tehamr, and Marysville en route to Sacramento from Shasta. Auburn has a delightful climate in which olives and oranges grow as thriftily as apples and straw- berries. Beyond the vacation land about Apple- gate is Colfax where the Nevada County Narrow Gauge starts on its 23-mile journey to Nevada City, in the heart of old mining camps. Rough and Ready, a few miles west, is the locale of A Millionaire of Rough and Ready and other Bret Harte stories. Near Dutch Flat was Red Dog, forty miles from " Roaring Camp," according to the creator of " The Luck." Alta, the next station, is the birth- place of the prima donna, Emma Nevada, whc