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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM68F_julius-albert-apperson_Nevada-City-CA.html
A pioneer who crossed the plains to California who died and was buried here. The Emigrant Trail followed along this ridge and through Nevada City. The marking of this lone grave perpetuates the memory of the lone graves throughout the State of Cal…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5N9_american-hill-diggings_Nevada-City-CA.html
On this site in April 1853 Edward E. Matteson developed one of the first hydraulic mines. An operation in which gold was washed from great quantities of earth with high pressure streams of water.
The method used here became a standard of the m…
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This monitor was used at the now closed La Grange Mine near Weaverville in Trinity County and is similar in size to those used at the Malakoff to wash down the gravel hillsides.
It was obtained through a joint effort of E Clampus Vitus, Trinita…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5EL_malakoff-diggins-clampicnic-area_Nevada-City-CA.html
This picnic area, sponsored by Wm. Bull Meek-Wm. Morris Steward Chapter Number 10, E Clampus Vitus, is for the enjoyment of all. The redwood lumber for the tables came from Nevada City's Christmas Tree, a Sequoiadendron Giganteum and continues to …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5CU_north-bloomfield-mining-and-gravel-company_Nevada-City-CA.html
This was a major hydraulic operation in California. Its vast system of canals and flumes using a drainage tunnel 7800 feet long was termed a feat of engineering skill. It was the principal defendant in an anti-debris lawsuit settled by the Sawyer …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM34D_emigrant-gap_Nevada-City-CA.html
The spring of 1845 saw the first covered wagons to surmount the Sierra Nevada Mountains. They left this valley, ascended to the ridge and turned westward to Old Emigrant Gap. The wagons were lowered by ropes to the floor of Bear Valley. Hundreds f…