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California Historical Landmarks (PH 9-13)(Before 1969) (134 pages)

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County seat of Sutter County 1850 and Placer C Destroyed by fire 1855, 1859 and 1863. Sy ee Auburn (Placer) ROW N oF GOLD RUN ‘ounded in 1854 by O. W. Hollenbeck and original Nt 405 Mountain Springs. Famed for its hydraulic ines which Comte 1865 to 1878 shipped $6,125,000 in gold. Five water ditches eget tug the town serving the mining companies which to cease operations in 1882 v h prohibiting hydraulic mining. cara ae eg 10 miles east of Colfax (Placer) RIGIONS FLAT First called Savage Diggi fi i i iggins after man who discovered gold 6 nes ues, Renamed Big Oak Flat about 1850 after giant oak nore anetoed in center of town, near this spot. Oak was about aCisoR i lameter and was undermined in 1869 and burned ee an OGRE Pieces and lode mines reported to ‘ ; urin ildi 1852, etill eenniae ae g heyday. Stone buildings, erected Big Oak Flat (Tuolumne) SUMMERSVILLE, (TUOLUMNE) ore center of East Belt Placer Gold Rush, 1856-57. 1854, and b ares the Franklin Summers family, arrived in discovered ree log cabin half-mile west. James Blakely, in 1858, which mine he quartz lode, half mile east, naming it “Eureka,” called “Cart ecame nucleus of town of “Summersville,” later lively in gold = ae finally “Tuolumne.” Other mining towns and Cherokee, ai Says ie Long Gulch, two miles south, 1 mil € northeast of Tuloumne (Tuolumne) SITE OF TH He HELD IN CALIROSS MEETING OF FREEMASONS n Nove 408 Lodge Pas 7 1849, a charter was granted by the Grand istrict of Columbia for the organization 0 Mission San Diego de Alcala (No. 242, San Diego) California Lodge No. 13, Free and Accepted Masons, now California Lodge No. 1. On November 23, 1848, Levi Stowell was appointed master of the new lodge. On November 15, 1849, the lodge was formally organized under the charter. 726 Montgomery Street, San Francisco (San Francisco) SNELLING COURTHOUSE First court house in Merced County. Erected 1857. This monu409 ment commemorates the 75th anniversary of the organization nd is dedicated to the memory of our of Merced County @' pioneers by Yosemite Parlor No. 24, NS.G.W., Merced, May 20, 1930. Snelling (Merced) CHARTER OAK OR ELECTION TREE Under this tree a party commanded by Major James D. Savage 69.