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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HET_standard-township_Sonora-CA.html
Starting as a Mi-Wuk village, Standard was ranchland during the gold rush era, when the murderous Jim Lyons lived here. In 1909 Xavier Fassler sold his 567-acre dairy ranch to Standard Lumber Co. By the 1920 the town had been sold to Pickering Lum…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DBN_springfield-cemetery_Sonora-CA.html
Springfield was founded in 1850 with up to 2000 inhabitants. Its downfall soon commenced, however, owing, in great part, to the foreign miner's tax.
This cemetery, located on a hill above the town, was first used in 1852 and the last burial wa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM101O_a-portal-of-the-past_Sonora-CA.html
This monument is dedicated to the memory of the Chinese Pioneers who for years made this section their home. It was a city within a city whose residents were isolated from their surrounding neighbors by a barrier of language, custom and religion. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM101L_jacob-richard-stoker_Sonora-CA.html
"His heart was finer metal than any gold his shovel ever brought to light". Gallant Mex. War veteran fought in principal battles. Came California, '49, Jackass Hill, '50. Built famous cabin, intimately associated there with Mark Twain and Gillis' …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM101K_original-site-of-the-sonora-daily_Sonora-CA.html
First issue published Oct.10, 1938 and last issue published June 30, 1958. Incorporated in The Union Democrat on July 1, 1958. First offset-lithographic newspaper adjudicated by the California Supreme Court, April 15, 1950. Admitted to the Califor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM101J_city-hotel_Sonora-CA.html
Built in 1852 by Alonzo Green and James Lane, the City Hotel was constructed of adobe, slate and brick. A family hotel, there was a saloon, billard [sic] and dining room on the first floor, with private rooms and parlors upstairs. Originally the b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM101I_mark-twain-cabin_Sonora-CA.html
[Seal of Rotary International]
This cabin was first built in 1922 to commemorate the famed author's presence in Tuolumne County during the winter of 1864-65. Sam Clemens had come over the mountains from Virginia City, Nevada, to San Francisco w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM100A_columbia_Sonora-CA.html
One of the best preserved of early mining towns and known as "Gem of Southern Mines". Gold discovered through cloudburst 1850. Population grew to 6000 in six weeks.Governor Earl Warren signed bill at Columbia July 15, 1945, creating Columbia State…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZZY_mark-twain-cabin_Sonora-CA.html
Replica, with original chimney and fireplace. Here on Jackass Hill, young Mark Twain, while guest of Gillis Brothers, 1864-65, gathered material for "Jumping Frog of Calaveras", which first brought him fame, and for "Roughing It".
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZZX_site-of-the-sonora-plaza-well_Sonora-CA.html
First public water well in the city of Sonora and located on the perimeter of the early day plaza that was established by the Mexican immigrants as Sonora Camp. The well has its source in a spring underground at the northwest corner of the Bank of…