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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM780_1854-middot-amador-county-middot-1954_Sutter-Creek-CA.html
Amador County, carved from Calaveras and El Dorado, was organized July 3, 1854, at the crossroads of Sutter Hill.
Act of Legislature, May 11, 1854, set June 17, 1854, as election date for people to vote on such a division, and appointed five or…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6ZC_salute-to-early-amador-miners_Drytown-CA.html
This plaque is dedicated on September 10, 1960 by the ancient and honorable society of E Clampus Vitus to honor the memory of the early miners, both placer and quartz, of Amador County on the Mother Lode in California.
It marks the place where …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6YM_mormon-carson-pass-emigrant-trail_Pioneer-CA.html
Mormon-Carson Pass Emigrant Trail, the heavily-travelled gateway to California gold fields, was blazed in 1848 by discharged members of the Mormon battalion traveling east to join their families.
Five hundred Mormon volunteers, recruited in Iow…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6XN_labor-day-celebration_Jackson-CA.html
On this site in 1905, a double jack drilling contest took place. A 31 ½ inch hole was drilled in this granite in 15 minutes. The contest was won by Matt Thomas & Pete Vasilovich.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6WU_native-sons-hall_Sutter-Creek-CA.html
In 1851 first building to be erected on south part of site, was Hanford and Downs General Store. That stores Liberty flag pole, marked center of incorporated town, 1854. In 1865, most of building destroyed by fire. Purchased in 1875 by Giovanni B.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6UF_shenandoah-valley_Plymouth-CA.html
Dedicated to the early Shenandoah Valley pioneers & their descendants. They mined gold & produced grain, livestock, orchards & vineyards in these rolling hills. Nearby are the old school, used for 100 years, and now a social center, and the cemete…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6T0_general-store_Volcano-CA.html
In continuous use since 1852. Built of Volcano brick and native limestone. Originally two stores: The Sacramento (left) owned by Mandelbaum & Klauber; Charles Burleson's store (right). Burleson bought the Sacramento, 1861; joined stores in rear. L…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6RF_pine-grove_Pine-Grove-CA.html
Late 1854, in a grove of tall pines Albert Leonard built his Pine Grove Home & Inn & was first postmaster. It was located at the junction of stage roads to Jackson and Clinton.
Pine Grove post office was established July 12, 1856. First school…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6QO_early-day-butcher-shop_Drytown-CA.html
One of Amador County's oldest buildings. Marble floor hauled by mule-team from Fiddletown quarry.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6PI_knight-foundry_Sutter-Creek-CA.html
Knight Foundry was established in 1873 to supply heavy equipment and repair facilities to the gold mines and timber industry of the Mother Lode. Samuel N. Knight developed a high speed, cast iron water wheel which was a forerunner of the Pelton Wh…