Fires destroys old Gas Point
By Doni Greenberg
The historic town of Gas Point burned to the ground late Monday night on Lower Gas Point Road in north-west Cottonwood.
During its prime in the mid-1800s, Gas Point was a booming, bustling place. Gold mining was big business.
By Tuesday morning all that remained of Gas Point were ashes, small hunks, chunks and planks of charred metal and the surrounding giant oaks, some of which were felled because of smoldering upper branches.
