The streams and hillsides of the area suffered during the Great Flood of 1862 . Gold panning and hydraulic mining continued . By 1864 , the river bars around Douglas City had produced over $ 1,000,000 of gold , an enormous sum in 1864 dollars . The first Post Office in Douglas City started in 1867 . Until 1857 all transport to and from Douglas City was by foot , mule or horse . When a private road was built through the area , four-horse stagecoaches ran from Weaverville through Douglas City to Redding Creek , Brown 's Creek and Hayfork Valley . In 1863 locals formed the '' Douglas City Rifles '' to combat the Wintun ; none of their raids caused bloodshed . In 1859 , Theodore Eldon Jones ( later the first Trinity County Superior Court Judge ) started the short-lived '' Douglas City Gazette '' newspaper . Renamed '' Trinity Gazette '' , it stopped publishing in 1861 as people left the area for the American Civil War and new gold diggings in Idaho
Great Flood of 1862
Great Flood of 1862
Douglas City, California