[1] Michigan Bluff is 4.35 miles (7.0 km) east-northeast of Foresthill.

[1] The original settlement was called Michigan City, but after erosion threatened the town it was moved up-slope and renamed Michigan Bluff.

[2] The Michigan City post office operated from 1854 to 1943.

Mining began in earnest in 1853, and town was shipping $100,000 in gold per month by 1858.

After hydraulic mining was banned, the town entered decline.