Part of a family that first emigrated to America in the 17th century, the Applegates bought acreage above Clipper Gap, California, and established a fruit ranch there.

The main house of the Applegate Ranch was where Oliver's gas station and bar sits today.

From Placer GOLD, November 1973; "Applegate is a quiet little town about eight miles northeast of Auburn, rudely severed in two parts by Interstate 80.

The town consists of a post office, motel, hardware store, grocery and saloon-and something else..." Applegate is also the only known place in Northern California where the Ladyfoot Trumpet flower grows wild.

Some people believe that its seeds were left here long ago when the Lemurians passed through on their way to Mount Shasta.