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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM851_wildman-mine_Sutter-Creek-CA.html
Founded by William T. Wildman in 1851. Merged with Mahoney Mine and reached a depth of 1500 feet. Combined mines operated a 70 stamp mill and produced a total of $5 million in old by 1924. Powder house used to store explosives. Became part of Linc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7QG_maidens-grave_Pioneer-CA.html
Broken dreams and hope, carried 2000 miles through scorching deserts and over loft mountains. At last...the sight of the promise land. Those of you who visit this grave carry a torch of love and hope (which this young girl lost), and pass it on, t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7LP_st-george-hotel_Volcano-CA.html
This property has been placed on theNATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACESby the United States Department of the Interior
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7IK_site-of-pioneer-jewish-synagogue_Jackson-CA.html
On September 18, 1857, Congregation B'nai Israel of Jackson dedicated on this site the first synagogue in the Mother Lode. High holiday worship continued until 1869 when the larger Masonic Hall was used to accommodate the congregation. The wooden …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7F0_st-sava-serbian-orthodox-church_Jackson-CA.html
St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Church was erected in 1894. It is the first Serbian Orthodox church built in the U.S. Rev. Sebastian Dabovich, first Priest in this parish. Born in S.F. & reared in nearby Plymouth. Inspired his people in the early 1890's…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7BC_volcano_Volcano-CA.html
Discovered in 1848 by Colonel Stevenson's men who mined Soldiers' Gulch in '49. First covered wagon party sluiced rich gravel beds. By '53, men swarmed flats and gulches naming them picturesquely. Hydraulic operations, begun in '55, brought thousa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7BB_soldier-gulch_Volcano-CA.html
This plaque is in commemoration of two soldiers of a party from Stevenson's New York Regiment who discovered Volcano Valley in late 1848 and camped here in Soldier Gulch through a hard winter. Their bodies were discovered in the spring and buried …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7B9_forest-home_Plymouth-CA.html
Copper mines patented 1873:Peak Outputs: Early 1860's, 1895-1917, 1943-1947,Township organized 1854.A Methodist center for many yearsU.S. Postoffice: 1862-1905
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7B3_astronomical-observatory_Volcano-CA.html
Here in Volcano in 1860, miner and amateur astronomer George Madeira built California's first astronomical observatory of record and operated it for two years. Using a three inch refractory telescope he studied sun and moon, stars and planets, and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7AN_volcano_Volcano-CA.html
[Larger Marker]:Started 1848 by soldiers of Colonel Stevenson's Regiment. Named by miners because of apparent volcanic appearance. Here the first California rental library, 1850, was established. And one of the first "Little Theaters" founded by t…