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The San Joaquin Valley and Yosemite Railroad was incorporated on February 15, 1886 by the Southern Pacific Company. The 21 miletrack ran between Berenda and Raymond. At this location, a turntable allowed the locomotive to be turned around and wate…
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"Gold Fever" hit the streams in Madera County in 1849. Grub Gulch got its name from the fact that "miners could always pan enough gold from the river to grubstake themselves into better times." Grub Gulch developed after the Gambetta Mine opene…
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Founded by Frederick Erwin Knowles who bought the land from Frank Ducy and who organized the Raymond Granite Company in what had been referred to as"Ducys Rock Pile"In 1899, the Raymond Granite Company built a spur track from the quarry to the mai…
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In 1886 the Yosemite Stage and Turnpike Co. owned by Henry Washburn started daily stage service from Raymond to Wawona and on to Yosemite Valley. The next day only the wealthy could afford the $45 round trip exiting the train at Wildcat Junction a…
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The first house in Raymond was home toCharles Miller. He was the first railroadstation master and stagecoach agent. Hefiled the homestead for Raymond and is asubstantial part of Yosemite history. California Point of Historical Interestrestored …
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