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Jackson, CA, Hangman’s Tree

Here stood in early days the hangman’s tree This marker placed by Ursula Parlor No. 1 N.D.G.W. July 24th, 1937 Submitted by @adeleseelke

Here stood in early days the hangman’s tree This marker placed by Ursula Parlor No. 1 N.D.G.W. July 24th, 1937 Submitted by @adeleseelke

    Jackson: The Jumping Seat of Calaveras County

    Commemorating the literally trigger-happy zeal that accompanied mining town politics in the mid-1850′s, this plaque tells the story of Jackson’s Judge Smith entanglements in public policy. In...

    Commemorating the literally trigger-happy zeal that accompanied mining town politics in the mid-1850′s, this plaque tells the story of Jackson’s Judge Smith entanglements in public policy. In...

    • 1851
    • california
    • jackson

    Mokelumne Hill

    Mokelumne Hill Mokelumne is an Indian word first applied to the nearby river. Earliest settlement at Happy Valley by French trappers. Gold discovered by discharged members of Stevenson's Regiment...

    Mokelumne Hill Mokelumne is an Indian word first applied to the nearby river. Earliest settlement at Happy Valley by French trappers. Gold discovered by discharged members of Stevenson's Regiment...

    • california
    • california history
    • gold rush
    • gold country
    • gold
    • calaveras
    • calaveras county
    • county seat
    • gold mine
    • placer mine
    • wine country
    • wine
    • mokelumne
    • mokelumne hill
    • mother lode
    • fire

    Paloma (Fosteria)

    GWIN MINE, PALOMA, AND LOWER RICH GULCH WAS MINED FOR PLACER IN 1849. QUARTZ WAS DISCOVERED BY J. ALEXANDER IN 1851. PROPERTY WAS ACQUIRED BY WILLIAM M. GWIN, CALIFORNIA'S FIRST U.S. SENATOR, IN...

    GWIN MINE, PALOMA, AND LOWER RICH GULCH WAS MINED FOR PLACER IN 1849. QUARTZ WAS DISCOVERED BY J. ALEXANDER IN 1851. PROPERTY WAS ACQUIRED BY WILLIAM M. GWIN, CALIFORNIA'S FIRST U.S. SENATOR, IN...

    • paloma
    • california
    • mine
    • mining
    • quartz
    • gwin

    Ralph Clark

    RALPH CLARK, MANAGER AMADOR COUNTY FAIR 1978 - 2004 FOR 26 YEARS THE AMADOR COUNTY FAIR ENJOYED RALPH CLARK'S LEADERSHIP AS ITS CEO. HIS COMMITMENT TO THE BETTERMENT OF THE JUNIOR LIVESTOCK SHOW...

    RALPH CLARK, MANAGER AMADOR COUNTY FAIR 1978 - 2004 FOR 26 YEARS THE AMADOR COUNTY FAIR ENJOYED RALPH CLARK'S LEADERSHIP AS ITS CEO. HIS COMMITMENT TO THE BETTERMENT OF THE JUNIOR LIVESTOCK SHOW...

      General Store (Longest Continually Operating Store in CA)

      General Store In continuous use since 1852. Built of Volcano brick and native limestone. Originally two stores: The Sacramento (Left) Owned by Mandelbaum & Klauber; Charles Burleson's store...

      General Store In continuous use since 1852. Built of Volcano brick and native limestone. Originally two stores: The Sacramento (Left) Owned by Mandelbaum & Klauber; Charles Burleson's...

      • california
      • history
      • gold rush
      • mother lode
      • gold
      • gold country
      • 49ers
      • 1852
      • 1849
      • general store
      • store
      • grocery
      • longest cont...
      • ca
      • cali
      • volcano
      • amador county
      • amador
      • sutter creek
      • hwy 49
      • gold chain highway
      • california
      • history

      Sheldon Grist Mill

      SHELDON GRIST MILL SITE OF GRIST MILL BUILT BY JARED DIXON (JOAQUIN) SHELDON 1846-47 ON OMOCHUMENES RANCHO, GRANTED TO HIM BY THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT 1843. SHELDON BORN VERMONT JANUARY 8, 1813,...

      SHELDON GRIST MILL SITE OF GRIST MILL BUILT BY JARED DIXON (JOAQUIN) SHELDON 1846-47 ON OMOCHUMENES RANCHO, GRANTED TO HIM BY THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT 1843. SHELDON BORN VERMONT JANUARY 8, 1813,...

      • sacramento
      • california
      • miners
      • dam
      • mill
      • omochumnes
      • vermont

      Destroyed by Fire in 1890 and Rebuilt the Same Year

        Submitted by Sheila Paske

        Submitted by Sheila Paske

      • sloughhouse
      • california
      • sheldon
      • consumnes
      • stanford
      • leland
      • fertile
      • amador

      Col. Robert Loghry

      IN MEMORY OF COL. ROBERT LOGHRY

      IN MEMORY OF COL. ROBERT LOGHRY

        Douglass-Hines Building Bricks

        Submitted by Sheila Paske

        Submitted by Sheila Paske

        • placerville
        • fire
        • 1856
        • bricks
        • fountain
        • milton
        • iron door
        • gold rush

        Withstood the Fire of 1856

        THIS BUILDING ERECTED IN 1852WITHSTOOD THE FIRE OF 1856 DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF THE PIONEERSBY MARGUERITE PARLOR NO 12[?]N.D.G.W. Submitted by Sheila Paske.

        THIS BUILDING ERECTED IN 1852WITHSTOOD THE FIRE OF 1856 DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF THE PIONEERSBY MARGUERITE PARLOR NO 12[?]N.D.G.W. Submitted by Sheila Paske.

        • placerville
        • fire
        • 1856
        • pioneers

        Emigrant Jane

        EMIGRANT JAME DROVE A BAND OF HORSES ACROSS THE PLAINS AND FROM THE PROCEEDS OF THEIR SALE SHE ERECTED THIS BUILDING IN 1861PLACED BY THE MARGUERITE PARLOR NO - 12 NATIVE DAUGHTERS OF THE GOLDEN...

        EMIGRANT JAME DROVE A BAND OF HORSES ACROSS THE PLAINS AND FROM THE PROCEEDS OF THEIR SALE SHE ERECTED THIS BUILDING IN 1861PLACED BY THE MARGUERITE PARLOR NO - 12 NATIVE DAUGHTERS OF THE GOLDEN...

        • placerville
        • jane
        • horses
        • plains