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CATCH A CASE OF GOLD FEVER. What to See and Do: Tour the Carissa Mine. • Walk the Flood & Hindle Mining Trail. • Learn about the town on a guided South Pass City Tour. • Visit in mid-July for Gold Rush Days festival. If you visited in the mid-1800s, South Pass would have been swarming with gold-hungry crowds. Thankfully, the crowds are much smaller these days, so you can have a more intimate experience as you dig in and strike it rich in the area’s history. But if it’s gold you seek, you can still try your luck at panning. About South Pass: Long before the mass move to the West, trappers and traders shared South Pass with Native Americans. But when gold was discovered in California in 1849, the area became a heavily traveled route for those chasing riches. And then in 1867, the Carissa Lode was found and word of gold in South Pass spread like wildfire. The short-lived gold frenzy left a long mark on the area.
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