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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q58_hostage-a-most-painful-experience-of-human-suffering_West-Point-CA.html
All Americans have a partnership in the "ROCK" at West Point, California.
...It's purpose is to demonstrate the solidarity of the American people in their heartfelt concern and compassion for the 53 fellow Americans taken from the U.S. Embassy …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q4W_keepers-of-the-land_West-Point-CA.html
This is a truth about the tragic destruction of a way of life —
It happened for only one reason. Our people abandoned so many
Indian villages in Calaveras County alone!
The Miwok lived a quiet, simple life, so close to nature they chang…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM171U_the-glory-hole_West-Point-CA.html
Whiskeytown Dam is protected from flooding by the circular structure located a short distance from shore. Named the Glory Hole because it resembles the trumpet-shaped morning glory flower, this structure allows overflow lake waters to drain. Water…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM171T_central-valley-project_West-Point-CA.html
On September 28, 1963, less than two months before his assassination, President John F. Kennedy made his last official visit to California to dedicate Whiskeytown Dam. The dedication completed the Central Valley Project, a 500-mile-long water dive…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTST_west-point_West-Point-CA.html
Named by famous scout Kit Carson while searching for pass over Sierras. One emigrant road forked at Big Meadows, and north branch came directly to West Point. A thriving trading post prior to gold discovery. Bret Harte, famous author, lived here f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7Q9_sandy-gulch_West-Point-CA.html
This site, in 1849, was a trading center for pioneer miners of Northwestern Calaveras County. It was named after the gulch where William and Dan Carsner found large nuggets imbedded in the course sand.
Water for mining was brought from the Midd…