So we're walking around and I'd have to admit things are a bit different. Mostly, I noticed there are these neat history markers everywhere. And being a history dork, I read everyone I encountered. The stairs next to the funnel cake stand lead up to the old "Stone Saloon". Pretty neat.
There's one on the side of the building that houses the Mud Street Cafe (where we were going to eat and I highly recommend). It talked about the "Eureka Underground" and about how the townsfolk basically capped over the original street and creek and all the buildings first floors became the basements and you could access the tunnel from them.
The Mud Street Cafe is in the "basement" of the building. After dinner, I asked our waitress about peeking into the underground. She pointed out where the original doors and windows were sealed and said that the "Union Station" building still had the original doorway to the underground and you could get into the tunnel there.
Here's the fun part. She said "you don't want to go in there (the underground). It's very dangerous, plus it's illegal. A couple of years ago, some explorers or exploring group got caught messing around in there. I think they had a website or something. Anyway, they got caught messing around in there and they (
) have been watching it ever since".There ya go. WR, you linger in the memories of the locals.
