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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6SN_fippins-blacksmith-shop_Rough-and-Ready-CA.html
Built in the mid 1850's by John Fippin and John Single. Fippin married Single's daughter, Julia, in 1867, and they raised 10 children. Local legend has it that one of Lotta Crabtree's earliest performances was atop the anvil here. The building tod…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6SM_rough-and-ready_Rough-and-Ready-CA.html
Established in 1849 and named in honor of General Zachary Taylor, after the Rough and Ready Company of miners from Wisconsin, this was one of the principal towns of Nevada County. In 1850, articles of secession were drawn up establishing the 'Repu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM68F_julius-albert-apperson_Nevada-City-CA.html
A pioneer who crossed the plains to California who died and was buried here. The Emigrant Trail followed along this ridge and through Nevada City. The marking of this lone grave perpetuates the memory of the lone graves throughout the State of Cal…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5N9_american-hill-diggings_Nevada-City-CA.html
On this site in April 1853 Edward E. Matteson developed one of the first hydraulic mines. An operation in which gold was washed from great quantities of earth with high pressure streams of water.
The method used here became a standard of the m…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5FG_giant_Nevada-City-CA.html
This monitor was used at the now closed La Grange Mine near Weaverville in Trinity County and is similar in size to those used at the Malakoff to wash down the gravel hillsides.
It was obtained through a joint effort of E Clampus Vitus, Trinita…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5EL_malakoff-diggins-clampicnic-area_Nevada-City-CA.html
This picnic area, sponsored by Wm. Bull Meek-Wm. Morris Steward Chapter Number 10, E Clampus Vitus, is for the enjoyment of all. The redwood lumber for the tables came from Nevada City's Christmas Tree, a Sequoiadendron Giganteum and continues to …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5DX_the-holbrooke-hotel_Grass-Valley-CA.html
The present bar of the hotel has been in continuous operation since 1852, when it was known as the Golden Gate Saloon. The wooden building had a back extension known as the Exchange Hotel and offered food and lodging by January 1853. The saloon wa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5DT_bridgeport-bridge_Penn-Valley-CA.html
Bridgeport Bridge, or "Wood's Crossing", is the longest single span covered bridge in existence. Used since 1862, built by David I. Wood. This plaque is dedicated to those pioneer Americans who came to California in search of a new life and passed…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5DI_bridgeport-bridge_Penn-Valley-CA.html
This covered bridge across the South Fork of the Yuba River at Bridgeport, Nevada Co., Calif. was built by David I. Wood in 1862 with lumber from his mill in Plum Valley, Sierra Co., Calif. Erected by Columbia Parlor No. 70, N.D.G.W., French Corra…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5CU_north-bloomfield-mining-and-gravel-company_Nevada-City-CA.html
This was a major hydraulic operation in California. Its vast system of canals and flumes using a drainage tunnel 7800 feet long was termed a feat of engineering skill. It was the principal defendant in an anti-debris lawsuit settled by the Sawyer …