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                <text>&lt;h2&gt;#0323 Mormon Bar&lt;/h2&gt;</text>
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                <text>&lt;h4&gt;Site information:&lt;/h4&gt;&#13;
On small auxiliary rd on right, 500 ft SE of intersection of State Hwy 49 and Ben Hur Rd, 1.8 mi S of Mariposa&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The directions given by the OHP seem to point to the site linked below.&amp;nbsp; Nothing historical remains at the site, as far as I know.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/37%C2%B027'42.9%22N+119%C2%B056'58.0%22W/@37.461919,-119.949431,1025m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en"&gt;37.461919,-119.949431&lt;/a&gt;&#13;
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Private plaque located at entrance to fairgrounds on Fairgrounds Road, just E of the 49.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/37%C2%B027'48.2%22N+119%C2%B056'52.0%22W/@37.4633988,-119.9487113,429m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d37.463397!4d-119.947788?hl=en"&gt;37.463397, -119.947788&lt;/a&gt;&#13;
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Mormon Bar&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In 1849, a group of Mormons established a tent encampment near here while searching for land to farm. After an influx of gold miners the Mormons moved on. Next came thousands of Chinese miners, merchants and farmers. Mormon Bar became the largest Chinese community in Mariposa County boasting a hotel, blacksmith shop, stores and gambling dens. Mormon Bar 1860 election returns reported the secession candidates defeated the union candidates 21 to 17. In 1864 President Abraham Lincoln received 11 votes in the Mormon precinct. Mormon Bar was an important stagecoach stop for travelers to and from Yosemite. Granite used in building the Mariposa jail was quarried near here. Archaeological evidence shows that Native Americans lived in the area long before the Mormons arrived.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dedicated by Matuca Chapter No. 1849 E Clampus Vitus, June 21, 2003 -6008- Creo Quia Absurdum&#13;
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                <text>&lt;h2&gt;#0331 Bear Valley&lt;/h2&gt;</text>
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On State Hwy 49 (P.M. 29.2), Bear Valley&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/37%C2%B034'07.3%22N+120%C2%B007'07.7%22W/@37.568703,-120.118818,1023m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en"&gt;37.568703,-120.118818&lt;/a&gt;&#13;
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Bear Valley&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;First called Johnsonville, Bear Valley had a population of 3,000, including Chinese, Cornish, and Mexicans. During 1850-60 when Col. John C. Fremont's Ride Tree and Josephine Mines were producing, Fremont's elegant hotel, Oso House, was built with lumber brought around the Horn. It no longer stands. After a fire in 1888, structures were rebuilt. Some still standing are Bon Ton Saloon, Trabucco Store, Odd Fellows Hall, school house and remains of jail, all reminders of Bear Valley's colorful past.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dedicated April 20, 1985 Matuca Chapter 1849 E Clampus Vitus&#13;
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Headquarters of Col. John C. Fremont, world-famous American, who, in 1847, purchased a floating Mexican grant of 44,000 acres for $3000. After gold was discovered, he floated his grant to include the Mother Lode gold belt from Mariposa to Merced River. After costly litigation, his title was confirmed by Supreme Court in 1859. He worked his rich placers by grubstaking experienced Mexican miners before the influx of Americans and subsequently he opened up rich quartz mines. In 1851 he built a two story hotel and later a large store and his home, called "The White House." Horace Greeley visited here in 1859 and wrote "the Colonel is now operating two stamp mills and netting $100,000 a year." In 1863, he sold his grant for $6,000,000.&#13;
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                <text>&lt;h2&gt;#0332 Coulterville&lt;/h2&gt;</text>
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Coulterville&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While miners worked nearby streams and veins for gold, George W. Coulter served their needs as merchant and hotel proprietor. His first store, established in 1850, was a tent stocked with merchandise hauled in by pack train. Coulter and the town which bears his name prospered, as Coulterville became the business and social capital of this area.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Plaque placed by the California State Park Commission in cooperation with the Mariposa County Recreation and Parks Commission and the Mariposa County Historical Society, June 6, 1959.&#13;
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George W. Coulter started a tent store here in early 1850 to supply the hundreds of miners working the rich placers of Maxwell, Boneyard, and Black Creeks. He also built the first hotel, water for it was pumped from a well by two Newfoundland dogs. Originally called Banderita from the flag flying over Coulter's store, the settlement became Maxwell Creek when the post office was established in 1853, but the name was changed the following year to honor Coulter. The family of Francisco Bruschi, who erected the first permanent building here, provided the town's leading merchants for over eighty years. Despite their crude methods, and with only wood for fuel, the nearby quartz mines operated for years and produced millions of dollars worth of gold, Andrew Goss built the first stamp mill for crushing their ore.&#13;
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                <text>&lt;h2&gt;#0333 Hornitos&lt;/h2&gt;</text>
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In and around Hornitos Park, along Bear Valley Rd, Hornitos&lt;br /&gt;&#13;
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Numerous private plaques and signs, as well as plaques for many of the individual historic sites in town.&lt;br /&gt;&#13;
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                <text>&lt;h4&gt;First sign text:&lt;/h4&gt;&#13;
Hornitos&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Welcome to one of the most famous ghost towns of the 1800's. Hornitos is Spanish for "Little Ovens." It got its name from the above ground graves that were shaped like the little cooking ovens used in Mexico. During this time, population was about 15,000 and had the first Wells Fargo office in thecounty. $40,000 in gold was shipped to the mint daily. Hornitos was host to Joaquin Murrietta, one of the Calif. most colorful bandits. Hornitos is located in the S.W. part of Mariposa County. The county was the largest in California during the gold rush period. (1849)&lt;br /&gt;&#13;
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Hornitos&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Started in 1850 by outcast Mexicans from nearby Quartzburg and given the name Hornitos, meaning "little ovens" from the dome like rock and mud bake-ovens being used here by some Germans. The whites soon gained predominance. The population grew to many thousands and it became one of the richest and toughest of early day mining camps. Here Joaquin Murietta, noted bandit chief had a hideout and many friends. Wells Fargo and Co. established an office as early as 1852 to handle the millions produced by nearby mines. D. Ghirardelli of chocolate fame started his fortune by merchandising here. For over fifty years were enacted the annual religious customs of old Mexico.&lt;br /&gt;&#13;
&lt;h4&gt;Third (faded wooden) sign text:&lt;/h4&gt;&#13;
Hornitos &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Little Ovens of the Mother Lode" One of the nations most famous ghost towns. Early population 15,000. Here was the first Wells Fargo Express office in county. 40,000 in gold sent to mint daily by armed stage coach. Juaquin Murietta's playground. California's most colorful bandit. Mariposa county biggest county in the world during greatest Gold Rush of all time. Hornitos Spanish for "little ovens" so named because the Mexican burial tombs were shaped like square ovens - Hornitos oldest landmark - see cross on hill.&#13;
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Agua Fria&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One fourth mile north of Carson Creek, tributary of Agua Fria, was located Agua Fria, first county seat of Mariposa County in 1850-1851 one of original 27 counties in California. Until 1852, while mining was main industry of region, Mariposa County comprised 1/6 of the state and included all of what is now Merced, Madera, Fresno, Tulare, Kings, and Kern Counties. Town of Mariposa became seat of government in 1852 &amp;amp; the courthouse was completed in 1854.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Plaque erected May 16, 1954 by Mariposa Parlor No. 63 Native Daughters of the Golden West. California State Park Commission&#13;
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Agua Fria&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Discoverd by Sonoran miners in the early summer of 1849. It was located about a quarter mile above the two springs of cold water from which the town derived its name.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Aqua Fria was the first county seat from Feb. 18, 1850 to Nov. 10. 1851. During this time the town consisted of about a dozen stores, Three Card Monte, Faro tables, a billiard room, hotel and bowling alley.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The town of Aqua Fria soon declined, when in 1852 the town of Mariposa became the seat of government. On June 22, 1866 a fire broke out which destroyed the entire town and it was never rebuilt.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dedicated by Matuca Chapter No. 1849 E Clampus Vitus April 1, 2000 (6005) Credo Quia Absurdum&#13;
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Site of Savage's Trading Post&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here in 1849, James D. Savage, established a store built of logs. He engaged in trading and mining and married several squaws for protection and influence. In spring of 1850, fearing Indian depredations, he moved to Mariposa Creek. In December, his store and others were pillaged and burned and a real war began. A volunteer battalion was formed and Savage elected Major. In pursuit of the most warlike tribe their secret hide-out, Yosemite Valley, was discovered, and the war brought to a quick end. Major Savage was killed by a political opponent, August 1852. Several years later one of his widows guided John Hite, a poor prospector, a few miles up this south fork to discover a gold mine that made him a millionaire.&#13;
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State plaque and private plaque and sign&#13;
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Mariposa County Courthouse&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This mortise and tenon Greek Revival courthouse, erected in 1854, is California's oldest court of law and has served continuously as the seat of county government since 1854. During the 19th century, landmark mining cases setting legal precedent were tried here, and much United States mining law is based on decisions emanating from this historic courthouse.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Plaque placed by the State Department of Parks and Recreation in cooperation with the Mariposa County Bicentennial, July 3, 1976.&lt;br /&gt;&#13;
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Mariposa County Courthouse&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;California’s oldest seat of justice still in use. The front half, the original building, completed in 1854, cost $9.200. The lumber was sash-sawed from nearby forests; framework fastened with mortised joints and wooden pegs. Finished lumber was hand-planed and nailed with square-cut nails. A fire-proof brick vault to protect records, added in 1861, was later enlarged. The English-make clock with its 267 lb. bell in the cupola, was installed in 1866 and has been faithfully tolling each hour since.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The courtroom, scene of many famous legal battles, civil and criminal, remains the same as in pioneer days, with original seats, tables and judge’s bench.&lt;br /&gt;&#13;
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Mariposa County Court House&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Erected 1854.&amp;nbsp; In continuous use since erection.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This marker placed by Yosemite Parlor No. 24 N.S.G.W., Merced, April 21, 1929.&amp;nbsp; Dedicated to the memory of Mariposa pioneers.&#13;
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                <text>&lt;h2&gt;#0790 Yosemite Valley&lt;/h2&gt;</text>
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Yosemite Valley &lt;br /&gt;1864-1964&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On June 30, 1864 the United States granted the Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Big Tree Grove to the State of California to "be held for public use, resort and recreation...inalienable for all time." This act, signed by President Abraham Lincoln, was the first Federal authorization to preserve scenic and scientific values for public benefit. It was the basis for the later concept of state and National Park Systems. In 1906 the State of California returned the land, considered to the first State Park in the country, so that it could become part of Yosemite National Park.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Plaque placed by the California State Park Commission in cooperation with the California History Commission, and the National Park Service in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Yosemite grant. June 30, 1964.&lt;br /&gt;&#13;
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Yosemite Valley&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Originally dedicated June 30, 1964.&amp;nbsp; Re-dedicated June 30, 2014 in commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the Yosemite grant and California State Parks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#13;
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