Malakoff (also, Malakoff Diggings)
[ is a former settlement in Nevada County, ]California
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.Sebastopol
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, a name in the news during the Crimean War
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Geopolitical causes of the war included the ...
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See also
* Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park
Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park is a state park unit preserving the largest hydraulic mining site in California, United States. The mine was one of several hydraulic mining sites at the center of the 1882 landmark case '' Woodruff v. Nor ...
References
Former populated places in California
Former settlements in Nevada County, California
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