Historic Columbia: 1850s Town used as Movie Location
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- Columbia, California in Tuolumne County is one of the most well visited parks that gives all a feel for the way things appeared shortly after the Gold Rush. Many of the old buildings date back to the 1850s which is why a number of Hollywood movies have been shot here, including "High Noon" with Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly; "Rage at Dawn" with Randolph Scott and Mala Powers; "Shadow Riders" with Tom Selleck, Katherine Ross, Sam Elliott and Ben Johnson; and "Pale Rider" with Clint Eastwood.
Come along as Jeff shows you were the movies were shot and the historical buildings in this timeless park.
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Your videos should be mandatory to watch for high schoolers. Great one again sir.
Thank you so much! I’d love that! I heard from a waitress in one of the restaurants that we go to that she was required to watch our video on Ellie Nessler in her criminal justice class. That was in junior college.!
I AGREE !!!!
I was raised in Fremont, but when my folks moved there in 1951 it was called Irvington. It was dairy farms and orchards. No interstates, just two-lane roads/highways. I've been to Columbia many times throughout my life. I enjoyed this video very much, you brought back great memories for me. I love your program and always look forward to your subject matter. Please keep on producing and sharing.
Len
Wow, thanks, Len. I appreciate all that you shared! By the way I didn't know about the Irvington name!
@@jbenziggy Fremont was actually 5 communities that combined together to become the City of Fremont: Niles, Centerville, Irvington, Mission, Warm Springs. Niles was well known for The Charlie Chaplin movies and other silent films made there. Mission was well known for being part of the original California Mission system.
I lived in the Irvington district and in Niles.
@@churchofpos2279 yeah, I knew about Niles because we did a video on the studio there and Charlie Chaplin filming locations.
Shadow Riders is one of my favorite movies. I adored Tom Selleck, Ben Johnson & Sam Elliott
It’s because of Tom, huh? 😜
@@jbenziggy it's the mustaches
I only live 3 miles away from Columbia and went to Columbia elementary school, Thank you for the time you took to put this vid together. Today the Charlie (St. Charles) has some of the greatest pizza available, the Nelson candy kitchen is also a great place to visit. My grandmother Elvira Queirol went to the old school, and I have several relatives buried in all of the nearby cemetery's. I remember taking a six pack of beer to my buddy that was the "Bandit" that held up the stage, we were 16 or 17.
I ❤ COLUMBIA !!! Thanks for taking us along and teaching us things I never knew about that wonderful old town !!
Our pleasure! Thank you so much for watching and commenting again!
Many memories as a child visiting Columbia. Thanks for showing.
What a great job you’ve done! Good morning from The Last Stop Light on 99.
Thank you kindly! Livingston? Or Keyes?
Loved every minute of this episode. Perfect mix of humor and history.
Thanks for all of the great work.
Very nice of you! Thank you! Hope you enjoyed it!
Nice video and it made me want to watch your old SHANE special video. Excellent
Glad to hear that!
Columbia has been a special place for me since childhood. I really cherish your videos about Columbia, and all of your Gold Country videos in general (and all of your videos, for that matter). Until today, I had no idea that Columbia started as a mining camp. Thank you for the time and effort put into these videos. I only get to the Gold Country once a year, if I’m lucky, so it’s nice getting to see them through the lens. Take care, Jeff and Sarah.
I lived near Twain-Harte and worked in Sonora from 1969-71. My aunt and uncle lived in Columbia at the time so I spent a fair amount of time there. The state was encouraging people to undertake their business activities in the historic downtown. Melores had a candy store I remember and there was a soda fountain, both on the main street running through town. Further down that street, on the opposite side, was the barber shop. There was a barber there who was of retirement age and apparently didn't need to make a "modern wage" because he would cut my hair for 50 cents (the same price that a haircut cost in the 1850s). My uncle worked for California State Parks and was involved in the 1960 restoration of the Columbia schoolhouse. He told me at the time that they didn't want to use modern window glass in restoration because it would not have the wavy texture that old glass did. They found a wealth of "old glass" at the Folsom State Prison. So they put modern glass in the windows at the prison and took the glass from the prison and installed it in the Columbia Schoolhouse.
I was wondering when you were going to get around to Columbia. Me and my family used to go there all the time when I was a kid. It was also part of several school outings. My favorite thing was climbing on those big granite boulders and that candy shoppe. My god, the smells coming out of that place.
I haven't been to Columbia in 50 years. I really enjoyed this video. I loved Louis L'Amour and his Sacketts. It's cool to see where some of the Westerns were filmed. Thank you.☮️💖🎶
Jeff, as always, outstanding video!!! This video was the epitome of what History Hunters is!!! I love the town of Columbia, have spent the night in the Hotel, ate dinner there!!! Watched multiple plays at the Fallon house theatre! I think you took this video to another level! It really felt "special" to me. Maybe because I've been there so many times, yet I learned some things I didn't know, so for that thank you!!!! I want to go back there now, and that's what a great video does, I believe, makes you want to experience it yourself. Jeff your a great history teacher, I appreciate the hours you spend in research! Waiting for the next installment! One of your many fans, Tom in Ceres
There were some old TV Westerns filmed there as well. One was the colorized Lone Ranger Christmas Story in 1956 or 1957. I recognize a few spots where some scenes were shot. Another good Tom Selleck, Ben Johnson , Sam Elliot & Jeff Osterhage ( sp?) western is The Sacketts. It also starred Glenn Ford. Personally I liked it a little better than The Shadow Riders. There truly are some old westerns whose themes/morals still apply. I watch them on INSP or GRIT. I was just a kid when I saw them the first time so being a Senior now I truly LOVE your vlogs. They take me back to remembering what I was doing then, how I responded to them then & now. This is why History Hunters is a never miss part of my day! There's always something new to be learned & I'm so thankful you have followed your heart by investigating your subjects & presenting facts whether they're good, bad or ugly so viewers can revisit meaningful times in our lives ( even if we didn't know it at the time) 😉and share with others. Thank you Jeff & Sarah for sharing your travels with us! ❤👍
thanks for coming back there lov it there
Nothing reminds me of my age more than knowing most of the old timers that were my childhood. Our History has become a Disney adventure.
It's crazy! Even Tom Selleck looks much different and older than the time he was in Columbia in 1981.
I've added many old firearms to my collection for the museum from the little store where the gold panning trough is. Occasionally they would have gold rush Era shotguns and pistols for sale inside the store.
Most notibly I have 3 beautiful French pin fire pistols, and a double barrel gaurds shotgun found at the bottom of a local mine in a box.
Columbia was a field trip destination for my children growing up with our school district.
It was also a fun stop over while on a motorcycle ride along the 49.
Great video, thanks for sharing!
I went to Columbia with my family in 1974 or 75, it was so much fun we went on the stagecoach ride, and got our family picture taken, I still have a ring made out of a horseshoe nail. I went back in 1994 with friends and it was fun but not the same, probably because being a kid it's more exciting we also got our picture taken! Thankyou for your videos, I just finished watching the Jackson one I also have been there in 1988 for my honeymoon we stayed at the imperial hotel
Nothing is as exciting as an adult versus the time as a kid. LOL. Isn't that sad?
I LOVE Columbia. I have been there so many times. Lots of nice bed and breakfast places!
Oh my lol I just can't believe, I've enjoyed all of your episodes on history, I've turned my 96 yr old dad into a couch potato which he lives watching just as much as me, thank you so very much and to your cute wife I love her adventurous spirit, keep them coming 😊😊
That is awesome! Thanks for being a great fan!
Great to know Jeff as always. thank for sharing 👏 👏 ps great movie too 👍🏻 👌
A wonderful off-main-street tour. Thanks for sharing your memories of Columbia. It's one of my favorite places to visit since I was 11 years old and I played on those limestone rocks.
I've been there several times on school field trips and just as a fun getaway. Such rich history. Thank you for the tour and sharing Columbia's part in old westerns.
Glad you enjoyed it!
In the late 50's our church group from San Jose stayed there overnight on are way to Dodge ridge. We slept on the floor in our sleeping bags. Great memories. Thank you Jim
My first school trip in the late 50s. Because we came from a one room school house, we all got excited about the two hole outhouse! ( you didn’t show). Thanks Jeff for another great trip down memory lane!
Thanks for sharing!
I saw The Shadow Riders when it came out in 82. 10/10 -
Saw The Sacketts around 1979... Another fantastic watch.
Because of your use of the word “placer”, I learned that this is a actual word and what it means. I have family that live in Placerville for years…. Had no idea?!?!
The “brevity” of life. Another perfect word to explain how I feel dealing with my parent in failing health.
I wished school teachers could know to show this vid to their classroom prior to field trip. Current, relevant and your narration is wonderful.
Believe it or not, I’ve heard that some teachers have shown me in class! One being a law enforcement class in junior college (the Ellie Nesler video).
Thank you love these videos
Glad you like them!
As always, you provide great historic local content. Thank you.
Many thanks!
Always a pleasure to view your new episodes! I grew up in the area and have visited Columbia many times. You and I met at the Back to 1885 event last year.
Love all of Louis LaMoure. Have all the books and movies
I met his daughter at this filling, I forgot to mention that.
The water blasting they did back then, was definitely destructive at the time , but it sure left an interesting landscape behind .. pretty cool !
What a great little town.. so pretty and historic… liked the museum!
Definitely wish the graffiti vandals.. not gonna call them artists .. had some respect for history!!
Oh , and yeah.. I met Tom Selleck back in the 80’s.. he had quite the presence to say the least !
Thanks for taking us on a great tour of this city!
Loved it 😊👍
I just wanted to thank you for the recent video of the mining town of Columbia, CA. My adoptive parents lived in that area when they were first married during the great depression of the early 1930's. I am not really sure of where exactly they lived as to an address. I am just going by my faulty memories of the stories my dad would relate about working in one of the still running gold mines and moving around in the area of Sonora and Columbia, CA. I do remember visiting that area in the early 50's while traveling the back roads of the Sierra Nevada mountains and the Towalame river. It is good to see that area of the country again and remember catching grass hoppers in China Camp area for fishing on the weekends. I also remember how very warm the surrounding areas were in the summer time as well. For me that was another life time ago, thanks again for the many excursions through that area of the country. I had an opportunity to travel to Ukiah area to visit my recently discovered and still living birth mother in September of 2022. I made a brief visit to the Mount Lassen Volcanic park and see first hand the amount of damage the wild fires have caused in recent years. Thanks again for all of your stories, especially the trips to the various cemeteries that reveals so much of history we all seem to forget.
Tuolumne River...Chinese Camp.
Excellent episode!
Much appreciation for keeping the old west alive.🤠 Only the horses are missing.
Thanks! Hi ho Silver, away!
Love seeing these old western towns.
Great video
Thank you, Jeff. I very much enjoyed this video. I love to investigate historical towns. Great job. Keep up the good work.
Very good! Love the 1800's history. Some times I fill I was born 100 years to late. Harder life for sure. And loved the Shadow Riders, seen many times. Thanks for all your hard work for us to enjoy!
I live in Tuolumne City an have gone to Columbia many times..
Great place to go in the summer an just people watch an listen to the street preformers.
Thank you for what you do
God bless
Thank you so much for the wonderful memory … and great comment!
Another interesting video. I am from British Columbia and I was in Columbia in 1978. I think its time to visit it again. Barkerville in B.C. is another great restored gold rush town. Nancy
Great video. Shadow Riders one of my favorites. I did miss the AC unit. So many buildings and movie history.
One of my favorite places in the world!!❤️ Great show , best of health to you and Sara ..
I love the details you give in this video. I love the movie Shadow Riders. I have seen it several times, now its time for me to make that trip to this town for myself. Thank you for all the work you do for your videos.
Hope you enjoy it! Thanks for the nice comment!
I'm sitting in Iowa with 24 inches of snow on the ground. -17°. Blizzard conditions. Thanks for taking away for a bit and forgetting about this weather. Love Northern California!
Yikes! My son lives in Kansas City and they have a lot of snow too! Glad you enjoyed the trip through Columbia!
Awesome Episode Jeffery, lack of Sarah.. me Mither (Mom) lived less than two miles from the town center Columbia,CA until her passing in Mar 2019. We spent numerous days wandering around there and talking about all the great movies filmed there while eating the sweet ice cream from the parlour. You missed one of those scene's in 'Rage at Dawn' where you can clearly see the telephone poles above the buildings there. oops.. I am a lifelong fan of Louis L'Amour and have read every single book of his collection and a dozen or more 2-3 times. I learned a lot about pioneer's and their daily struggles reading about all kinds of money makers and simpleton's, miners and the Gold fields of early Califorino was always my favorite subject. As I was born in Center Calif in the East Bay area known as Walnut Creek, We always called it Central or Center California not North. As North would be N of Golden Gate and more towards Eureka/Yreka area's. I am also a big fan of early western stars of those days including Ben Johnson (a distant relative of me Mither's) Glen Ford, Jimmy Stewart, John 'the Duke' Marion Wayne, Audie Murphy, Tom Selleck, Sam Elliott etc.. and supposedly my Pop(Dad) told me yrs ago while he was going to DVC Concord he dated Katherine Ross a few times while attending said school. I liked her in 'the Graduate'. Cheers on your next adventures and stay safe and keep an eye out for the rattlesnakes...I've seen way too many up there and Knight's Ferry area in the hot summers while swimming in the Stanislas River.. American etc.. Thanks for your keen eye and good stories of those bygone days of the 1850's.
I've been to Columbia State Park several times. It's like stepping back in time. Great video!
Yes! Thank you!
Yes--Kate’s Teahouse! Wonderful place, especially on a cold, damp winter morning!
At 13:15, there’s a typo right above ‘In 1856’. Brewery is misspelled as Brewry. I’m surprised no one caught it in 1993 when the plaque was erected.
I must say I have seen a lot of misspellings in markers and headstones! 😜
Love the autumnal foliage in these episodes, Jeff! Adds an extra layer of nostalgia, that glint of fall gold! 💛💛
4:18 5:03 You can never have too many GRANDS 15:09 17:05 17:29 18:05
18:15 to 18:56
From 16:35 on, and at 31:53 to 32:11 concerning the Fallon family, who have a theater in Columbia named after them: any relation to Jimmy Fallon? The man at 16:40, named JAMES FALLON, rather resembles him! 🤔💭
Thank you for doing these videos. I used to go there as a kid and still do. I’m 58 and I used to take my daughter. But I really never knew the history.
Hello Jeff, Happy Sunday 🌞 thanks for sharing another great story on Historic Columbia and its history. Hope all is well and have a great day.
Thanks! Yes, all is well! Stay healthy and happy!
Thank you again for another great video, Jeff. My husband & I love Columbia. One of my favorite places to go. I also love Jamestown as well. 😊
Our pleasure!
Definitely. Shadow riders a good movie, thanks again for sharing
I love watching your videos, very informative and helps you to reflect on all the people that have built this country like them or not.
Many fond memories of visiting Columbia as a child, especially loved the stagecoach ride. Thanks for sharing 😊
Louis L’Amour so many great memories of his books and movies ❤ First western book I ever read my dad insisted I read it, “Reilly’s Luck” loved that book. He read it to my son too. The Bible and Louis L’Amour books were front and center in my Grandparents home. ❤
His Biography “Education of a Wandering Man” so so good. He was a true “History Hunter”
One of your most informative and entertaining ....thank you.
I appreciate that! Thanks! It pleases us!
Have a safe, great afternoon today Jeff and Sarah.
Still my favorite couple to watch, when I can.im not always on line lately I always seek out your videos when I am online
Thanks! We are home safe and sound after a splendid two days in Yosemite! Thanks for being a fan and watching when you can!
@@jbenziggy
You're so welcome & I'm not leaving my home it's raining here.
I still have to be careful with my ankle
Columbia is my favorite place to take a day trip! I attended 2 plays and also loved going in to the shops. One was an antique shop. I belive it was the one you said burned and was restored. There was a big music box that played metal disks. I rode the stage a few times. Thank you for taking the video!
I love Columbia! I didn't know The Shadow Riders was filmed there though, great episode!
I visited there just last year. It was late in the season and mid-week so there were very few others around. What a great piece of CA history.
I’ve been there hundreds of times it seems like it! I grew up close by so it was always the place to get into the foothills and take visiting family!
That was a great tour. Awesome background history!.
Thanks a bunch!
Thanx for the tour and history of a local historical site. Always good work👍
Our pleasure!
Jeff I have lived in three Columbia's. Columbia, Arizona, Columbia Connecticut, and presently Columbia, SC.
Great video, thanks!
Thanks for watching!
Anorther great video Jeff. Can't beleive the Shadow Riders was apart of it, I just watched that movie earlier today. Been a long time fan of the movie....
Haven't seen you in awhile, my friend. I'm happy to see you back. God bless you and yours!
We haven’t gone anywhere. We post every Sunday! You haven’t seen us?
Exceptional episode Jeff!
Glad you are back on track! We enjoyed your visit to Columbia very much and the positive vibes.
Thanks so much!
Loved the history and stories, including several about your time there.
Glad to hear it! Thank you, David!
Thank you so much. Another very interesting show. Yes I have been to Columbia.
In the 1980s I used to fly into Columbia and walk from the airport to town for lunch. I always showed friends the locations from High Noon.
I have always loved history, so I really enjoy your videos.
Glad you like them!
I've visited that great historic many times as a lad on up to being an old geezer, I've never grown tired of Columbia, Great Vlog Jeff, Thanks.👍😊
another great video jeff,thanks for the history. tyrell santee......on the brazos.
Right on! Thank you!
Jeff, you look at History and feel about it, just like I do. We can't forget the past. History is the foundation of the present and future. I Pray that you, Sarah and your families, are filled with the Peace of the Lord.
God Bless you all. 😊
Another excellent history video. I have not been there and your video makes me sad that I have not been there. I must see it in the future. Thanks for all the historical research you do.
I love this channel so much I learn a lot more history these are nice buildings thank you so much for this channel ❤❤😊
Glad you enjoy it! Thank you, Linda! Do you live in California?
I appreciate and agree with you. I think about what life must have been like "on this very spot" years ago. Not that long ago really. Thank you as always for meaningful and educational content. My Dad was a US history teacher. He loved history. I do too.
What a service you provide!! It still blows my mind that the content on your channel is *free*. Excellent stuff, loving watching your videos! 🙂🙂
Another great video, some of my subscriptions I fast forward through boring parts, but never yours.
I appreciate that! Thanks so much, Brian!
Great place. I've enjoyed it many times
#4 as old as I am and having watched lots of cowboy movies, as I got older I would see different
buildings or bridges, rock outcroppings that were in different movies with different cowboy heroes.
I live in North Carolina, and I would love to visit there someday. Great show.
California is such a beautiful and interesting state! If you can plan a trip you would probably enjoy it!
Thanks Jeff..Great video 😊
Back in the late 90ds i did what you call the fire musters in columbia and competed on old-time fire trucks.
I haven't been there in many years. The first time I was there was probably 1971. I have a picture of the schoolhouse in my old photo album. Thanks for taking me back there again.
I really enjoyed this video. Thank you.
Very enjoyable.
Glad you enjoyed it!!!
Jeff, loved The Movie Shadow Riders. When was the fire 1854 or 1857 ? Lots of History in the old Boom Gold Town. The number of movies shot there is amazing.Thanks for the tour of Columbia, CA.
There was more than on fire that swept through town! Those are two years it was devastating.
Superb video. Gonna have to make a trip. Thanx for the time you put into your videos. Always interesting. 😊
So nice of you! Thanks. If you ever get up this way, make a trip of it!
Columbia is a special place to since I was a child! My husband and I went on a date there. Later in life we told our parents were were pregnant there! So many good memories! Thank you for making a video on it. I had NO IDEA about the movies. Tom Selleck was a hottie although those movies were our before I was born! Lol
Incredible history lesson. I passed through there in the 1960's while following State Route 49, but I didn't know its history then. Good to learn it has been preserved.
Great piece, Thank you !
Thank you too!
I can’t believe how much history and facts you include in this video. I learned so much and I felt as if I was there with you. Awesome!
Wow, thank you! I appreciate your words. If I made you feel like you were there then I did a good job, I suppose. Thanks again!
You do an Awesome job on your vids. Very informative....Thank you for doing what you do!
I appreciate that! Thank you! Having you in my audience certainly is an encouragement to me!
Jeff - I loved visiting Columbia while I lived in Tracy before I left California. You bring back so many memories even better than my photos do. Have you done a video on Ft Ross yet? I was surprised at how many Californians had no idea there was a Russian fort just North of San Francisco. Great job as usual. Your research is amazing. ( Explanations on who the Klampers are might help some too)
Thank you. Yes we did a video on Fort Ross about three years ago so here’s the link: ua-cam.com/video/alRWP1Inz_8/v-deo.htmlsi=xXQrZ4732rF5d6eg
Jeff, Great show. I live in So Cal, never been to Columbia, just added a visit to my bucket list.
Yes, plan a visit while you're up this way! Have you been to Yosemite as well?
Hi Jeff, No, never been to Yosemite, been to Sequoia, going to add Yosemite to the list:)
Great video !!! Love your work !!!
Thank you!