{"id":963,"date":"2026-03-11T09:26:43","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T22:26:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/noojeerailwaystationprecinct.com\/?page_id=963"},"modified":"2026-03-11T09:27:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T22:27:09","slug":"1860-gold-in-the-valley","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/noojeerailwaystationprecinct.com\/zh\/1860-gold-in-the-valley\/","title":{"rendered":"1860 Gold in the Valley"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"963\" class=\"elementor elementor-963\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1db539f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1db539f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-52429d9\" data-id=\"52429d9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c65a775 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c65a775\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Although Noojee was officially founded in the early 1900s, it began as a gold prospecting site<br \/>in the 1860s. Considered unsuitable for settlement due to its swampy environment,<br \/>prospectors camped there temporarily while searching for gold.<br \/>The gold rush of the 1860s marked a turning point for the area. A major flood between 1902<br \/>and 1905 changed the river&#8217;s flow, enabling the establishment of permanent buildings.<br \/>Pioneers were equipped with basic panning tools and driven by the hope of striking it rich.<br \/>This influx of settlers preceded a timber boom that reshaped the region and significantly<br \/>impacted First Nations communities who had lived in the Valley long before the gold seekers<br \/>arrived.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although Noojee was officially founded in the early 1900s, it began as a gold prospecting sitein the 1860s. Considered unsuitable for settlement due to its swampy environment,prospectors camped there temporarily&hellip;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-963","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/noojeerailwaystationprecinct.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/noojeerailwaystationprecinct.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/noojeerailwaystationprecinct.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noojeerailwaystationprecinct.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noojeerailwaystationprecinct.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=963"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/noojeerailwaystationprecinct.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/963\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":970,"href":"https:\/\/noojeerailwaystationprecinct.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/963\/revisions\/970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/noojeerailwaystationprecinct.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}