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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLMY_first-home-of-wells-fargo-company-in-sonora_Sonora-CA.html
This building erected byE. Linoberg in 1856First Home ofWells Fargo & Co.In SonoraD.M. Kenfield, Agent Dedicated to the pioneers of Sonoraby Dardanelle Parlor No. 66, N.D.G.W.1941
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLMM_sierra-railroad_Jamestown-CA.html
California's Mother Lode short lineIncorporated in 1897 by T.S. Bullock and W. Crocker. That first ran35 miles from Oakdale to Jamestownthen north to Angels Camp andsouth to Hetch-Hetchy.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLL6_railtown-1897_Jamestown-CA.html
Location of general offices and maintenance shops for the Sierra Railroad, 1897 - 1955. Steam passenger excursion trains operated, 1971 - 1979. The railroad served many Mother Lode mines and was a trunk line for the Sugar Pine (Pickering), West…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLED_sonora_Sonora-CA.html
"Queen of the Southern Mines", settled 1848 by Mexicans from Sonora, Mexico. City government established 1849. "Sonora Herald", first newspaper in California mines, established July 4, 1950. Single copy, fifty cents; yearly, twenty dollars. One po…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLEA_sonora-fountain_Sonora-CA.html
The Sonora Fountain was first erected in 1904 in the center of Washington Street, 75 feet northerly of its present location. Cast in an East Coast foundry, it was purchased by the Woman's Christian Temperance Union and used for many years as a wat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLE5_tuolumne-county-albert-n-francisco-building_Sonora-CA.html
Constructed April 1981 - August 1982Dedicated to the Citizens ofTuolumne CountyThe Board of SupervisorsClyde D. May - ChairmanMildred Filiberti · Sidney H. Hatler · Steven C. Szalay · Billy H. Marr · William C. Davidson…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLDQ_stockton-road-and-the-shay-engine_Sonora-CA.html
For many years Stockton Road has been the main western entrance to Sonora. Originally it turned into a very narrow street at Bradford Street, and traffic would then continue into the City on Bradford. This Shay engine was built by Lima Locomoti…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLC8_veterans-memorial-building_Sonora-CA.html
[ First Marker - See Photo #1 ]Veterans Memorial BuildingAmerican Legion Post 58 & AuxiliaryVeterans of Foreign Wars Post 3154 & Auxiliary Disabled American Veterans Chapter 119 & AuxiliaryViet Nam Veterans Chapter 391Korean War Veterans of Tuolum…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLC3_sonora-opera-hall_Sonora-CA.html
James Divoll and Joseph Bray, owners of the Bonanza mine constructed the Star Flouring Mills on this site in 1879. In August 1885 the mill burned, leaving the stone and brick walls. From the ruins they built the Opera Hall. The Hall was only activ…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLC1_tuolumne-county-jail_Sonora-CA.html
Following a Grand Jury indictment terming the current county jail a "public nuisance," this site was acquired by the Board of Supervisors and a new jail constructed in 1857. The original building burned on December 20, 1865, taking the life of inm…
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