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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM100V_columbia-marble-quarry_Columbia-CA.html
(On Marble Quarry Roadone mile from this site)Deposit discovered in1854 by John Grant.Produced the marble usedin Pacific Coast buildings.Still producing.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM100U_a-cosmopolitan-society_Columbia-CA.html
Columbia was a boomtown.The discovery of gold in 1850 attracted thousands of miners here. As more people arrived, the demand for goods, services and entertainment soared.
In the gold rush, Columbia stores and other businesses thrived. The town …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM100T_claverie-building_Columbia-CA.html
Shortly after the fire of August, 1857, this one-story brick structure was built by three Frenchmen; L. Claverie, Charles Meysan, and Victor Pinchard. After their partnership dissolved in 1861, Meysan owned the building until 1869. He sold it to S…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM100S_eagle-cotage_Columbia-CA.html
This wood frame building is a reproduction of a miners' boarding house that stood on this site and was destroyed in the fire of July 10, 1854. Rebuilt, it was destroyed again in the fire of August 25, 1857.A third building burned in 1861 and the s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM100R_site-of-donnell-parsons-building_Columbia-CA.html
The firm of Donnell & Parsons built Columbia's first brick building at this corner in April of 1853, a general store which carried a wide range of merchandise and provisions. The building survived a big fire in July, 1854 but was badly damaged by …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM100Q_wilson-mcconnell-house_Columbia-CA.html
James Wilson, a Norwegian immigrant shoemaker, purchased the property and brick building to the right in 1869. The brick building housed his shop; living quarters were in the rear. Wilson died in 1876, leaving his widow, Rose, and 8 children. This…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM100P_water-precious-as-gold_Columbia-CA.html
Every aspect of Columbia'sdevelopment depended on water. Without it, mining could not continue and the town could have died. In the early days of Columbia, fights broke out because of the short supply of water. To resolve the problem (and make mon…
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/HMH0P_james-wood-coffroth_Columbia-CA.html
Here on November 29, 1858, was held the celebration in honor of the completion of the Columbia and Stanislaus River Water Company's ditch, which brought water from the north fork of the Stanislaus River to Columbia. James Wood Coffroth, attorney, …