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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV8L_agua-fria_Mariposa-CA.html
Discoverd by Sonoran miners in the early summer of 1849. It was located about a quarter mile above the two springs of cold water from which the town derived its name. Aqua Fria was the first county seat from Feb. 18, 1850 to Nov. 10. 1851. Duri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV8K_mormon-bar_Mariposa-CA.html
In 1849, a group of Mormons established a tent encampment near here while searching for land to farm. After an influx of gold miners the Mormons moved on. Next came thousands of Chinese miners, merchants and farmers. Mormon Bar became the largest …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV8J_la-mineta-1850-princeton-1854-mount-bullion-1862_Mariposa-CA.html
This site is part of the 44,000 arce [sic] Las Mariposa Land Grant purchased in 1847 by Colonel John C. Fremont for $3,000. In 1850 La Mineta, a mining camp, was established here by Sonoran miners. La Mineta was changed to Princeton in 1854 for th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV7O_may-rock_Mariposa-CA.html
Originally named Tower Rock, May Rock is the largest outcropping of quartz along the Mother Lode. This 82 foot high formation contains no gold ore. Most gold ore within quartz is at greater depths in the earth. It was part of Colonel John C. Fr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV7N_mrs-e-trabucco-store_Mariposa-CA.html
Louis Trabucco was born in 1821 and emigrated from Italy in 1847. He opened his first store in Bear Valley in 1856. After becoming successful in his Mariposa mining and business ventures he returned to Italy and married 19 year old Elena Lambrusch…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV7M_haigh-ranch_Coulterville-CA.html
In 1849 Penon Blanco was a Mexican and Chilean gold mining camp. The foreign miners tax of 1852 caused the camp to be abandoned. In 1855 George Bell and Mary Haigh opened a store in Penon Blanco and reportedly sold supplies to Joaquin Murietta's g…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV7F_sun-sun-wo-co_Coulterville-CA.html
One of the earlier Gold Rush buildings, and one of the last adobe structures left, this general store was established and operated by the Chinese from 1851 until 1926. Named after it's original owners Mow Da Sun and his son, Sun Kow, this store…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV7E_the-mint_Coulterville-CA.html
This structure was built around 1860. After a fire, it was reconstructed in 1890. At this time, the building was owned by Tom Hollow and housed a blacksmith's shop. The upper level was added around 1900 and eventually the building became a bar and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV6Q_jeffery-hotel_Coulterville-CA.html
Built originally in the late 1840's to serve the Mexican community as a cantina and fandango hall, the succeeding Jeffery Hotel has been warmly praised in the memoirs of the 49er and travelers.The hotel is among the oldest owned and operated by on…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV6J_coulterville_Coulterville-CA.html
While miners worked nearby streams and veins for gold, George W. Coulter served their needs as merchant and hotel proprietor. His first store, established in 1850, was a tent stocked with merchandise hauled in by pack train. Coulter and the town w…
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