Shops Along Main Street in Downtown Julian. <br />
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Julian was founded as a California gold rush town. In 1869 a cattleman Fred Coleman found a few flecks of gold in a small creek. <br />
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Soon displaced confederate civil war veterans flocked to the area to seek their fortunes. <br />
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One of them was Mike Julian after which the town is named. <br />
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The gold rush was short lived but ranching farming and later apple orchards followed. <br />
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Apples pies and cider became Julian's gold.