Nicolaus, California, Zip 95659

On the Feather River, near Sutter’s Fort. In 1849, that meant something.

Population in 2010 – 211. Gold goes away, so do people. Three days from now, the official population will be 216.

http://california.hometownlocator.com/ca/sutter/nicolaus.cfm

Nicolaus has had its racial problems, so Wikipedia says.

“Nicolaus was once home to a significant Chinese American community, but it violently drove all its Chinese American residents out of town in March 1886. It was also home to a large mixed population of Maidu Indians and Hawaiians, or Kanakas which has since relocated to El Dorado County, California. The Hawaiians or Kanakas are descendants of workers brought over by John Sutter in 1839.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolaus,_California

Got enough cheerleaders?

http://s616.photobucket.com/user/EngQueen/media/nico_zps14af47b2.png.html

That photograph was on Google “images nicolaus ca” search.

A photographer identified these as “Abandoned rice dryers.”

https://www.flickr.com/photos/eyetwist/10964890576

I think putting wet rice in those would be a bad idea. Storage of dry rice or other grain, OK. But confined wet grain tends to heat as it dries and often causes fires.

There is all-season paint ball.

http://shootersallseasonpaintball.com/

http://www.zip-codes.com/zip-code/95659/zip-code-95659.asp

says the current population is 604, down 98 from the 2010 population. You have to wonder how two sites can have a disparity of 400 people. Where did they go?