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Sierra County California
THE COMMUNITY (CONTINUED)
seek to to maintain the the rural quality of life and economic ties to to the the land and and its resources that that are integral to that that lifestyle Its people are miners Forest Service workers workers mill workers workers loggers and innkeepers Its small towns isolation and wilderness influence have fostered a a high level of community cohesiveness among residents combined with a a a spirit of independence and self-reliance The eastern and western regions of the county are divided by the 6 700-foot-high Yuba Pass The County seat of Downieville (pop 325) is in the the western region of the the county situated on on the the confluence of the the Yuba and Downie Downie Rivers Downieville was established in in in the 1800s as a a a a a gold mining town and many of its buildings are remnants of the Gold Rush days The town has plank sidewalks and and historic brick and and stone buildings Other communities in the the western portion of the the County are Sierra City Forest City Alleghany Pike and Goodyears Bar 45