#0445 Cherokee
Title
#0445 Cherokee
Site information:
On Confidence-Tuolumne City Rd (P.M. 8.5), 2 mi N of Tuolumne CityCherokee Cemetery is only thing remaining of original town that I know of.
37.977333, -120.246890
Plaque information:
Until recently, there was a plaque at:37.979867,-120.248063
Plaque has been moved or otherwise went missing. Entire base is removed.
OHP description:
Gold was discovered here in 1853 by the Scott brothers, descendants of Cherokee Indians. Scars of placer 'diggins' in every little arroyo in Cherokee Valley, healed over by Mother Nature, were later replaced by a quartz mine. Present-day productive farms in this area were once rich placer grounds.Registered 11/2/1949