Word: columbia
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...members of the world's largest living species, in Calaveras Big Trees State Park. Twain visited Bret Harte, another gold-rush writer, at Harte's cabin near California Caverns, where, according to local lore, Twain spelunked and found inspiration for the cave in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Nearby Columbia State Historic Park is one of California's best-preserved gold-rush towns, with many original buildings...
...weight class of the competition because it boasted four of the top twenty wrestlers in the nation, tri-captain Joel Friedman grappled to a fourth place finish. After a first round bye, Friedman--ranked No. 17 and seeded No. 4 in the tournament--came out ready for action against Columbia's Brad Clement. He collected the win with a pin at 4:22 in the match to advance to the semis to face Penn's Brett Matter, No. 4 in the country. Friedman fell to Matter 6-2 then went up against No. 6 Ryan Bernholz of Lehigh. Freidman lost...
...Fran Volpe (at 184 pounds) and freshman David Rechul (at heavyweight) all had strong performances that earned them sixth place finishes among the conference's best. Sophomore Adam Truitt also wrestled well at 174 pounds, coming close to placing but falling short in a tight 3-2 loss to Columbia's Adam Greco...
...skier (who was outside the area's boundary) and a snowboarder were killed by a thunderous 15-ft. wall of snow moving at 200 m.p.h. In Canada the body of Michel Trudeau, son of the former Canadian Prime Minister, lies at the bottom of a lake in British Columbia, carried there by an early-season slide. "The more I know about avalanches, the more scared I am," says Wendy Fisher, two-time Extreme Skiing champion and a notoriously fearless backcountry skier who has survived several near misses...
Sonora's golden history is well preserved. A restored gold-rush town at the Columbia State Historic Park has a blacksmith shop, saloon and gold mine. Other historical attractions include the Tuolumne County Museum, located in a 100-year-old jail, and Railtown 1897, in nearby Jamestown, where visitors can ride on the Sierra Railroad and tour a railroad museum. For a trip back in time that will last your whole stay, consider lodging at the City Hotel, a 140-year-old 10-room inn with mystery weekends and ghost walking tours...