Ghosts of the Past Still Live in Yosemite Gold Country
 

     It has been said that violent deaths often leave their victims stuck in time as apparitions that delight in haunting those in the present. The old west towns of California’s 1849 Gold Rush saw their share of violence 160 years ago and many of today’s visitor’s delight in sharing tales of their encounters.

     The City Hotel in Columbia, California (www.cityhotel.com) has heard numerous stories from guests and employees. The kitchen staff of their elegant Victorian era dining room has often complained that when they come in to work in the morning, all the kitchen utensils that were put away the night before are back out on the counter. Guests have reported seeing a woman in an old fashioned white dress appear in their room and noted the scent of perfume. Doors and windows occasionally open and close on their own.

 

     For  a more personal ghostly relationship visit the Groveland Hotel in Groveland, California (www.groveland.com) where Lyle, a former prospector who died of natural causes in 1927 still likes to communicate with the guests. He also enjoys rearranging toiletries and other items for guests while they are sleeping or away and enjoys creating those sudden “chills” we sometimes feel.

     If you are looking for a lot of company from the past, check out the Willow Steakhouse and Saloon in nearby Jamestown. The original hotel structure was built in 1862 on top of a collapsed mine that killed 23. When fire struck the town, dynamite was used in surrounding buildings to preserve the hotel which unfortunately killed a number of others. Since then numerous apparitions have appeared in and around the Willow supposedly seeking revenge for their untimely deaths.

     Also in Jamestown, you’ll find, “Flo” the resident ghost at the 1859 National Hotel (www.national-hotel.com) and just up the street at the Jamestown Hotel (www.jamestownhotel.com) Mary Rose, following a tragic love affair also has been making the rounds for more than 100 years.

 

     Back up in Groveland at the Hotel Charlotte (www.hotelcharlotte.com) an unfulfilled love story involving Charlotte, the hotel’s original owner and the man who resided in room 6 has left its mark. Charlotte never married however she is always kind to male guests who sleep in her favorite room.

Over the years paranormal researchers have spent a lot of time this part of Yosemite Gold Country (Tuolumne County) making it a paradise for those interested in meeting up with those from the past. For more information phone the Tuloumne County Visitors Bureau at (800) 466-1333. 

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