7 Minnesota Ghost Towns - Historic Mining Towns to
2016-12-14 · 7) Sacramento, Minnesota. Placer gold was discovered in a creek near the Zumbro River in 1857. This led to a local gold rush that created the Sacramento mining camp. The town thrived for a number of years and had a post office, saloons, gambling houses, a hotel and a host of other businesses. Once the gold had been exhausted the hundreds of ...