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PO Box 980
Rough and Ready, CA 95975 |
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888 802 1980 |
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530 432 9033 |
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Rough and Ready is the only town to have "seceded" from the Union and then voted itself back in.Populated mostly by miners from the state of Wisconsin, the town hoped to rid itself of a recently-introduced tax on new mining claims and the prohibition of alcohol in Nevada County. It was decided in a town meeting in April 1850 to draw up articles of secession, forming the "Great Republic of Rough and Ready." Less than three months later, when preparing for an Independence Day celebration, community members realized that they were no longer entitled to celebrate US independence, and the secession was rescinded by popular vote. |
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