Holcomb Valley is a valley in the San Bernardino Mountains of Southern California, about five miles north of Big Bear Lake. It takes its name from William F. Holcomb, who discovered gold there in 1860 in a find that touched off the largest gold rush in the region's history. The boomtown of Belleville grew up near the strike and flourished for roughly a decade before being abandoned, and the valley is now registered as California Historical Landmark No. 619. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Erosion via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.
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- Wikidata Q5879016, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
- registered as California Historical Landmark #619
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Holcomb Valley is a valley located in the San Bernardino Mountains about 5 miles (8 km) north of Big Bear Lake.
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