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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM100C_a-bountiful-place-to-live_Columbia-CA.html
As a reminder of their homelands, people brought familiar plants to Columbia during the gold rush and in the years that followed. The plants were used to establish family gardens and orchards, providing seasonal vegetables and fruits, and welcome …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM100B_monitor-of-knickerbocker-flat_Columbia-CA.html
This monitor used by Louis Dondero Yankee Hill Mining and Gravel 1873 produced one million dollars in gold annually. Largest monitor in Southern Mines. Hydraulic mining was prohibited by legislature in 1906.Dedicated October 28, 1967Re-dedicated M…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM100A_columbia_Sonora-CA.html
One of the best preserved of early mining towns and known as "Gem of Southern Mines". Gold discovered through cloudburst 1850. Population grew to 6000 in six weeks.Governor Earl Warren signed bill at Columbia July 15, 1945, creating Columbia State…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1009_75-pound-nugget_Jamestown-CA.html
In 1848 a 75 pound nugget was found in Woods Creek which flows through our park
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1008_the-emporium-1897_Jamestown-CA.html
C.H. Wilson, architect and builder of department store for J.W. Witney & Sons. Acquired by Moses Arendt within year. Mercantile and telephone exchange in early 1900's. In 1928, sold to Jim Porter and Peter Barendregt. Jake Barendregt, Sr. operated…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1007_big-gap-flume_Groveland-CA.html
In 1859 a wooden suspension flume 2200' long was constructed across this valley by G.W. Holt and August Conrad as a link in the Golden Rock Ditch system which conveyed the water of the South Fork of the Tuolumne River to the mining areas of Grovel…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1006_iron-door-saloon_Groveland-CA.html
This building is the oldest liquor-serving establishment in the state of California. It began life in 1852 as "The Granite Store" built by Peter King. It operated as a general mercantile with, of course, the obligatory "plank over flour barrels' s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1005_arrastra_Groveland-CA.html
The Spanish first introduced the arrastra to the New World in the 1500's. The work "arrastra" come from the Spanish word "arrastre", meaning to drag along the ground. When ore was quarried out of the hard rock mines, the quartz had to be crushed t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1004_ferretti-shrine_Jamestown-CA.html
The shrine was built for Moccasin Creek pioneer Guiseppe Ferretti by his neighbor Joseph Cavagnaro in 1884. The roadside shrine, believed to be the only one of its kind along Hwy. 49, was reminiscent of the kind found along roadsides in Italy. Tra…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1003_green-springs_Jamestown-CA.html
Due to water and terrain, pioneer trails and wagon roads converged at this point. First inn to accommodate travellers [sic] was opened here by Proctor & Co. in June, 1849. The following year a two-story hotel was built by James D. Taber and John L…
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