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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVKX_hornitos-masonic-hall_Hornitos-CA.html
This building was constructed C. 1855 of native schist rock. It was purchased in August 1873 by the Freemasons of Hornitos Lodge No. 98, and since early 1875, continue to meet here. The Lodge was originally chartered as Quartzburg Lodge No. 98 on …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVKW_hornitos-masonic-hall-no-98_Hornitos-CA.html
This restored Masonic Hall is recognized for the significant community involvement of its members from 1873 to 1930. The Freemasons owned stores and hotels, served as town and county officials, worked as miners and engineers and supported Hornitos…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVJI_catheys-valley-schoolhouse_Catheys-Valley-CA.html
In 1879, Andrew Cathey donated land to establish an elementary school. James Cliff directed the construction of the one room schoolhouse located about one mile southwest of the location where the schoolhouse now stands.
Over the years the schoo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVJH_bridgeport_Mariposa-CA.html
In 1852 Andrew Church established a trading post where a road from the San Joaquin Valley, crossed the Agua Fria Creek. The site, known as Bridgeport, was on the Fremont Grant, about five miles south of Aqua Fria, first county seat of Mariposa Cou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVJG_california-state-mining-and-mineral-museum_Mariposa-CA.html
The California State Geological Society started collecting mineral specimens in 1865. In 1880, the California State Mining Bureau was founded. This plaque is dedicated to the miners and founders for their foresight. Todays collection displays spec…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVJA_catheys-valley_Catheys-Valley-CA.html
[This marker is composed of several panels][Left Panel:]Origin of the Name of Cathey's ValleyIn 1739, the Catheys immigrated from Clones, Ireland to America. Andrew D. Cathey a native of North Carolina, his wife Mary Mariah Deaver and their seven …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVHM_william-sell-jr-memorial-bridge_Mariposa-CA.html
In the 1972 Federal Highways Administration Contest as the outstanding example of a bridge, overpass, tunnel or other highway structure in the United States."This is the way a bridge should look."
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVHK_mt-buckingham-school_Mariposa-CA.html
This school was originally two stories and was built in Georgetown about 1878. At that time it was called the Snow Creek School. Space was limited so the school was dismantled and moved to a larger site in 1910. The land was donated by Richard Dar…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVHJ_yosemite-valley-railroad_El-Portal-CA.html
[This marker is composed of two panels.]Panel #1Gateway to YosemiteThe arrival of the Yosemite Valley Railroad in El Portal, Spanish for the Gateway, represented a great accomplishment in transportation and the birth of this community. In 1907, th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVGR_a-shrine-to-justice-in-california_Mariposa-CA.html
In honor of the sesquincentennial of the Mariposa County Courthouse and recognition of its continuous use since 1855.
In June 1857 Biddle Boggs vs. Merced Mining Company made legal mining history and the 1861 cases of Moore vs. Smaw and Fremont…