SONORA — Sonora in the heart of the Gold Country with its historic main street and its colorful mom and pop stores along with many bed and breakfast opportunities is a great way to spend a pre-holiday weekend with a shopping trip in the equation.Immigrant miners from Mexico back in the mid-1800s help establish the old business district that now has a few empty stores due to the Great Recession. It continues to boast its history and claim of being an historic Gold Rush Town to be enjoyed by travelers looking for fine dinners and unique gifts reminiscent of the Old West.The Knowles Hill Mansion has been lovingly preserved and offers the finest in creating bed and breakfast memories for anyone’s stay for the night close enough to take an after dinner stroll through old town Sonora along with a showing at the Stage 3 Theater. The staff boasts it to be a bed and breakfast with integrity, quality and craftsmanship with genuine people, gourmet food and elegant surroundings.