Yellow (Ancient Egyptian name 'khenet') was the color of women's skin, as well as the skin of people who lived near the Mediterranean-Libyans, Bedouin, Syrians, and Hittites. Yellow was also the color of the sun and, along with gold, could represent perfection.
Located on highway 49 south of Sonora, Coulterville was named after George Coulter, one of the first whites to come to the gold camp already populated by Chinese and Mexicans.
Belleville, California. Belleville, California was a gold mining boomtown in the San Bernardino Mountains of San Bernardino County, California. The previously small settlement grew up rapidly following the discovery of gold by William F. Holcomb in Holcomb Valley early 1860.