During the Gold Rush, Camptonville, California, was a town of 1,500 people and a bustling stage stop between Marysville and Downieville. The Camptonville community survived major fires in 1889, 1908 and 1959. The community has survived some winters with so little rain that wells went dry - and others with so much rain and snow that people had to be rescued from their own homes. Source: Camptonville - The Little Town That Could