CAMP FLINT POW BARRACKS
Me and my dad used to fly kites out over the American River Canyon from this old rock wall. He thought those old foundations were part of the POW barracks, but the POWs lived at the fairgrounds. These ruins might have been the mess hall that burned down. They are near what became the city maintenance yard.
Me and my cousin, Richard Forsberg, once flew a kite from here that we had taped a matchbox full of earwigs too. The kite was hooked up to a fishing pole so that we could reel it back in easy. When we had completed the mission and recovered the kite the earwigs had all bailed out.
Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more 
