By Mike Roberts | Village Life staff writer

The third annual Clarksville Day celebration brought the old town site to life.

HAVE GOLD PANS WILL TRAVEL. I bet 500 kids came through today, said Russ Kurz, who dredges gold flecks from the American River in Coloma, and put them in his trough, with plenty of sand. He did gold panning demonstrations all day. Kids were allowed to keep the tiny nuggets they pulled from his sluice. Mother Lode News photo by Mike Roberts