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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1D8U_the-kennedy-mine-the-argonaut-mine_Jackson-CA.html
- The Kennedy Mine -You are standing on property that once belonged to the Kennedy Mine. The Kennedy Mine is named for Andrew Kennedy, who reportedly discovered a quartz ledge in the late 1850s. The Kennedy Mining Company was formed in 1860 when h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1D8S_argonaut-mine_Jackson-CA.html
On the hill to your right stand the remains of the Argonaut Mine gallus (headframe), beneath which 47 miners were lost when a fire broke out deep in the main shaft on August 27, 1922. At that time the Argonaut was one of the deepest gold mines in …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1D8R_anthony-caminetti_Jackson-CA.html
Erected by the Citizens ofAmador County California inMemory ofAnthony CaminettiA native of Jackson,Amador CountyBorn July 30 1854Died November 17 1923District Attorney, State Senator, United States Congressman, United State Commissioner General of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1D8P_university-of-california-foothill-field-station_Jackson-CA.html
The Foothill Station became the first University of California qualifying outlying station funded jointly by federal, state and local county sources in March 1888. The station was developed under the patronage of Senator A. Caminetti of Jackson. O…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1D8N_argonaut-and-kennedy-mines_Jackson-CA.html
Argonaut Mine, discovered 1850, and Kennedy Mine, discovered 1856, played dramatic roles in the economic development of California, producing $105,268,760 in gold. Kennedy Mine has a vertical shaft of 5,912 feet, the deepest in the United States a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1D8K_jackson_Jackson-CA.html
In 1848, was a village of huts and tents called "Bottileas"by the Mexicans from the bottles strewn about by those who tarried here.In 1849, it was namedJacksonfor Colonel Jackson an early day resident.In 1853, Amador County was carved out ofCalav…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1D4C_petroglyphs-rock-carvings_Sutter-Creek-CA.html
In addition to the bedrock mortars, over 363 petroglyph designs are carved into the surface of the marbleized outcropping of limestone. This association of rock art and grinding pits is unique in California. Except for one other small site, Chaw's…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1D4B_chaw-se_Sutter-Creek-CA.html
Chaw'se is the Miwok word for a mortar hole. The cup-shaped depression in a grinding rock was used to process acorns and other seeds into food by pounding and grinding with a cobblestone pestle.?????The hole or chaw'se began as a slight natural de…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1D4A_hun-ge_Sutter-Creek-CA.html
The semi-subterranean assembly and dance house was the largest structure in the principal village or capital of the tribelet and was owned by the headman.?????The sacred hun'ge was the community center for dances, meetings, social gatherings, and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CVM_kennedy-mine-tailings-wheels_Jackson-CA.html
The first major environmental project of mother lode mining. Entered on the National Historical Register July 7, 1981, through the efforts of Clyde Berriman on behalf of the City of Jackson.