{"id":3901,"date":"2009-01-14T00:04:03","date_gmt":"2009-01-14T00:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogschapman.wpenginepowered.com\/huell-howser-archives\/2009\/01\/14\/smartsville-californias-gold-11001\/"},"modified":"2009-01-14T00:04:03","modified_gmt":"2009-01-14T00:04:03","slug":"smartsville-californias-gold-11001","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/huell-howser-archives\/2009\/01\/14\/smartsville-californias-gold-11001\/","title":{"rendered":"Smartsville &#8211; California&#039;s Gold (11001)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You\u2019ve probably used this word at some point in your life and never knew that it was actually a town in California. Timbuctoo was once a bustling gold rush town named after that far away place in Africa. There\u2019s not much left, but Huell pays a visit to Timbuctoo, which is now privately owned. Next it\u2019s off to Smartsville, that due to a post office mandate had to lose the \u201cS\u201d and became Smartville. 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