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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYSW_san-gregorio_Sonora-CA.html
Somewhere in this narrow valley, perhaps on this very spot, the Anza Expeditions of 1774 and 1775 made their camps. Water for the 240 people and over 800 head of stock on the 1775 march was obtained from a series of wells, deeper than the height o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYSV_tuolumne-county-courthouse_Sonora-CA.html
In 1854, Tuolumne County's first courthouse was erected on this site donated to the county by John and Israel P. Yaney.
The cornerstone of the present courthouse, which replaced it, was dedicated September 26, 1898, at ceremonies held under the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYSO_sonora-ioof-lodge-no-10_Sonora-CA.html
Organized June 7, 1853Two members serve as Grand MasterBuilding erected 1850Remodeled twice
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYSN_first-two-story-house-in-sonora_Sonora-CA.html
Built 1850, by Dr. Lewis C. Gunn, '49er physician, druggist, educator, county recorder, publisher "Sonora Herald" and promoter of many civic enterprises. Home of Dr. Gunn's family 1851-1861. County Recorder's Office 1850-1852. Printing office "Son…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYSH_sonora-inn_Sonora-CA.html
The Sonora Inn, originally the Hotel Victoria, is comprised of two buildings. The northern structure is stone and the southern is wood. G.B. Ventre and Philip Cavalero began construction on the stone building in 1895. Before its completion the pro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLOC_the-story-under-the-lake_Sonora-CA.html
The body of water you see before you, known as New Melones Lake, is formed by the building of the New Melones Dam. The 625-foot high earth-fill dam was completed in 1979 by the Army Corp of Engineers. A man-made reservoir, the lake hosts a variety…
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/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…