Neals Diggins, California

Neals Diggins (also, Neals Diggings;^[1] later, Adamstown, Adamsville, and Adams Bar) is a former settlement and mining camp in Butte County, California, United States.^[2] It was located on the Feather River upstream from Oroville, on the opposite bank from Long's Bar.^[2] It was founded by Sam Neal, a local rancher,^[1] in 1848.^[2] Later that year, George Adams re-established the place and named it for himself.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Miller, Donald C. (1978). Ghost Towns of California. Boulder, Colorado: Pruett Publishing Company. p. 124. ISBN 0871085178. 
2. ^ ^{a b c} Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Quill Driver Books. p. 289. ISBN 9781884995149.