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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XLV_the-red-barn-historical_San-Andreas-CA.html
The Red Barn Museum is the only remnant of The Calaveras County Hospital that remains on these grounds. The two-story hospital was built in 1870, and remained in use until Mark Twain Hospital was constructed in 1951. This building served as the ho…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XLU_sheep-ranch-historical_Sheep-Ranch-CA.html
The discovery of gold in 1860 on George Johnson's Sheep Ranch, by Harvey Childers led to the birth of the community. In the 1870's the town included a Catholic and Protestant Church, a post office, a two teacher school with 30 students, and the Sh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XLT_sheep-ranch-mine-historical_Sheep-Ranch-CA.html
First located in 1867, the fabulous Sheep Ranch Mine produced more than 8 million dollars in gold while in operation. Aquired in 1877, by senator George Hearst, K.B. Haggin and associates. It was operated continuously by the Hearst firm until 1893…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1X3X_bells-historical_Angels-Camp-CA.html
Fashioned as either small ornaments or large enough to be heard for miles, bells have long been a part of human history and culture. First appearing around 2000 B.C. as simple percussion instruments, they continue to celebrate special events to th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1X3W_camp-9-powerhouse-pelton-wheel-historical_Angels-Camp-CA.html
The use of wheels to convert flowing or falling water into power began in ancient Greece around the third to the first century B.C. In 1878 Lester Allan Pelton, a carpenter and blacksmith from Nevada City, invented a new design for an impulse wate…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1X3V_just-jenny-historical_Angels-Camp-CA.html
This steam traction engine was built by Owens, Lane, Dyer & Co. of Hamilton Ohio most likely in the 1870s. Its particular gear drive mechanism, along with the incline cylinder distinguish it as an O.L.D. & Co. machine.According to the story, this …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1X3U_ol-beth-historical_Angels-Camp-CA.html
This Best 110 hp steam traction engine, built 1903-1906, was originally used by Pacific Borax Co. to pull ore wagons. The next owner was the Dixie Mill, near Sheep Ranch, where it was used to haul logs down the steep hillsides to the loading deck.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1X3T_serpentine-drill-core-section-historical_Angels-Camp-CA.html
This core section was created in 1934 while boring an air/service shaft for the Idaho-Maryland Mine in Grass Valley, California. The overseer of this demanding project was mining engineer J.B. Newsome. Reputed to be the largest drill core of its t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1X3S_stalactite-stalagmite-historical_Angels-Camp-CA.html
This natural formation came from a cavern on the property of the Calaveras Cement Co., located near Calaveritas in Calaveras County. It was donated to the museum by the Flintkote Co. in 1957. Collectively known as speleothems, these ancient format…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1X3R_signal-cannon-utica-mine-ore-car-arrastra-model-historical_Angels-Camp-CA.html
SIGNAL CANNONSmall cannons, like our iron example, were usually intended to fire signals rather than function as weapons. Also known as salute cannons, many were used onboard ships and were often mounted on a swivel, as this example may have been.…