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| | Sunset: Gold Country getaway - visiting Amador County |
 | | It isn't that Amador is necessarily prettier than other Sierra foothill counties--although Amador has done a far better job of controlling sprawl and preserving open space than, say, El Dorado and Placer counties just to the north. |
| | From the county seat of Jackson, which is just 48 miles east (and a smidgen south) of Sacramento, spring tourists are within a short drive of a bonanza of well-preserved Gold Rush towns and historic sites, good restaurants, boutiques, antiques shops, and some of the best wineries in the Mother Lode. |
| | Bits and pieces of Gold Country family history are collected in the Amador County Museum (10-4 Wed-Sun; 225 Church St.; 223-6386), with displays ranging from mining gear (study the working scale model of the Kennedy Mine) to the uniform of Tiny Bonham, who pitched for the New York Yankees in the 1941 World Series. |
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