The search for golden treasures led a group of
prospectors into this remote region in the summer of 1850. Climbing to the
top of a ridge, they stopped to prospect at the end of a point of rocks that
jutted high above the river. Several rich deposits discovered in the vicinity
caused them to linger until all the provisions were gone and starvation
threatened.
One of the company possessed a good rifle with one
bullet left. Saying to his companions, "This is our last chance to make a
grub-stake," he went into the forest, and returned with a large buck. Thus the
miners were able to return to their diggings and a new camp earned its name.
This is one of several versions of the origin of the name, "Last Chance." |
