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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SLI_discovery-and-exploitation_Arnold-CA.html
You are not the first to explore these forests. Generations of Miwok and Washoe Indians knew these trees.
The rest of the world met the big trees in 1852 when hunter Augustus T. Dowd stumbled upon the North Grove. His discovery brought both acc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SLH_hanging-on-by-a-branch_Arnold-CA.html
Here at Calaveras Big Tree State Park, it's a regrettable fact that the most famous trees are those most harmed by human action. Both the Mother of the Forest and the Big Stump remind us of how people placed their own curiosity and pleasure above …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13WU_boards-crossing_Arnold-CA.html
Board's Crossing was first used as a cattle crossing in the early 1870's. Brothers David and William Board moved here from Missouri in 1854. They settled in Salt Springs Valley and raised cattle. This shallow ford across the river was a favorite w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13C6_sonora-mono-toll-road_Arnold-CA.html
Oldest of the Trans-Sierra Emigrant Trails to California is spectacular Sonora Pass crossed by Highway 108, second highest (9,626 feet) of all the highway crossings of the range. The Bartleson-Bidwell Party, with mules, horses and oxen, made the f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13C0_dorrington-hotel_Arnold-CA.html
Built in 1860 by John and Rebecca Gardner, this was a stage coach stop on the Big Trees Carson Valley Road. A toll road from 1862 - 1910. The hotel served as a depot for stockmen and as a summer resort. Noted for its ice cold springs, it was calle…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRFU_camp-tamarack_Arnold-CA.html
For more than 80 years, the area was known as Onion Valley due to the profusion of wild onions growing here. It was mainly used as a summer stock range. In the late 1860-70's a sawmill was operated by C. Brown. Later a man called "Turkey" Johnson …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMN4B_doc-s-c-linebaugh-park_Arnold-CA.html
[ Dedication plaque mounted on Pine Tree near entrance to the park: ]Bruce LinebaughIn memory ofBruce LinebaughMember of one ofWhite Pinesfounding families.Log truck driverfor over 50 years,and faithfulsupporter ofLinebaugh Park[ Marker at entranc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMN3T_white-pines-history_Arnold-CA.html
White Pines was constructed by American Forest Properties, Inc. at the site of former White Pines operation of Blagen Lumber Co.
The community of White Pines, which was founded by Frank Blagen, the company president, came into being during the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMSO_california-big-trees-state-park_Arnold-CA.html
In the spring of 1852, Augustus T. Dowd, while hunting, discovered a grove of truly immense trees, now known as the Calaveras North Grove. Several stockholders of the Union Water Company (who employed Augustus as a hunter) developed a plan to disp…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMBM_sourgrass-bridge_Arnold-CA.html
A cooperative project ofSierra Pacific IndustriesandStanislaus National Forest.Site of original 1962bridge destroyed inmudslide January 1, 1997.