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<h2>#0347 Knight's Ferry</h2>
<h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Site information:</span></h4>
On Sonora Rd, 1.4 mi W of State Hwy 120, Knights Ferry <br />
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<h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plaque information:</span></h4>
Two state plaques. <br /><br />One plaque on Hwy 120 N of town<br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/37%C2%B049'03.7%22N+120%C2%B039'10.8%22W/@37.817686,-120.653001,1020m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en">37.817686, -120.653001</a><br /><br />One plaque on Hwy 120 S of town<br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/37%C2%B049'10.2%22N+120%C2%B039'49.3%22W/@37.819485,-120.663702,1020m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en">37.808661, -120.665788</a>
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<h4>Plaque text:</h4>
Knight's Ferry<br /><br />Picturesque mining center and trading post, 1849, once called Dentville. Early ferry to the southern mines; county seat 1862-72; rare wooden covered bridge reputedly designed by U. S. Grant, brother-in-law of the Dent brothers, 1854; old flour mill, 1854.<br /><br />Department of Public Works - Division of Highways
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Registered 8/8/1939
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<h2>#0414 La Grange</h2>
<h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Site information:</span></h4>
30173 Yosemite Blvd, La Grange<br /><br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/37%C2%B039'49.8%22N+120%C2%B027'37.9%22W/@37.663833,-120.460531,1022m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en">37.663833,-120.460531</a>
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<h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plaque information:</span></h4>
State and private plaques
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<h4>State plaque text:</h4>
La Grange<br /><br />French settlers originally established the community of French Bar along the Tuolumne River in 1850. After the destructive floods of 1851-52, citizens of French Bar relocated one mile upstream above the flood plain. Renamed La Grange, the new town prospered as a mining and agricultural community, and served as the county seat of Stanislaus County from 1856 to 1862.<br /><br />Plaque placed by the State Department of Parks and Recreation in cooperation with Morada Parlor No. 199, Native Daughters of the Golden West. October 13, 1984
<h4>Private plaque text:</h4>
La Grange<br /><br />This area has seen four phases of mining – placer, tunneling, hydraulic, and dredging. This bucket, one of a chain of 100, holds 12 c.f. and is from one of the worlds largest dredges. The Tuolumne Gold Dredging Co. started operation of the dredge on June 15, 1938 and continued until 1949 when it was abandoned about 3 miles south of here. Other and smaller dredges operated on this river west of La Grange.<br /><br />Dedicated Oct. 29, 1977 Estanislao Chapter No. 58, E Clampus Vitus
Registered 11/15/1948
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<h2>#0415 The Willms Ranch</h2>
<h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Site information:</span></h4>
On Willms Rd, 1.3 mi S of State Hwy 120, 1.9 mi S of Knights Ferry<br /><br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/37%C2%B048'00.2%22N+120%C2%B038'45.0%22W/@37.800068,-120.645845,1020m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en">37.800068,-120.645845</a>
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<h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plaque information:</span></h4>
No plaque when I visited, only an informational sign.<br /><br />A private plaque has since been installed at the site.<br />
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<h4>Plaque text:</h4>
John Remmers Willms, a pioneer settler, was born in Hanover, Germany and came to America at the age of six. When he was 20 years old, he joined the Gold Rush to California along with his friend, John H. Kappelmann, arriving in Sacramento on October 12, 1849. The partners spent time in the southern mines, engaged in the hotel and butcher business in Buena Vista, and along with John Dent, brother-in-law of President Ulysses S. Grant, conducted a trading post on the Stanislaus River near Knights Ferry. Willms and Kappelmann also built the Table Mountain Water Company with the water being used for mining in the Buena Vista gravel mines.<br /><br />In 1852 the partners settled on the old Willms homestead, buying up claims from surrounding settlers and began raising horses for the mines in Virginia City and Bodie. The "KW" brand was the first brand registered in Tuolumne County in April 1852. In 1867 Willms married Elizabeth Kappelmann, his partner's sister, who became the mother of seven children, John Henry, Etta, Fred, Clara, Arthur, Walter, and Camilla. After Kappelmann's death in 1881, Willms went into the cattle business and increased the ranch holdings to over 10,000 acres. The ranch house was built in 1892. The Willms Land and Cattle Company was incorporated in 1909 and operated until World War II when the corporation was dissolved with each partner managing their own land. The majority of the original ranch is still owned by the Willms descendants and has been in continuous operation for the past 163 years. It is a member of the California Agricultural Heritage Club and is California State Historical Landmark #415.<br />
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<h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">OHP description:</span></h4>
Arriving in California October 12, 1849, John R. Willms and John H. Kappelmann engaged in the hotel and butcher businesses in Buena Vista, in what is now Stanislaus County. They bought up mining claims and settler's claims until, by 1852, they had a tract of 3,600 acres. The 'KW' brand was the first in Tuolumne County in 1852. After the death of Kappelmann, Willms carried on alone, and the ranch has been owned by the Willms family ever since.
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Registered 11/15/1948
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<h2>#0418 Empire City</h2>
<h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Site information:</span></h4>
While there is a community of Empire today, nothing historical remains of the original Empire City, that I know of. The original site was on the Tuolumne River, in the vicinity due S of Empire today.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/37%C2%B038'05.8%22N+120%C2%B054'07.6%22W/@37.63494,-120.902118,1022m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en">37.634940,-120.902118</a>
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<h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plaque information:</span></h4>
Two private plaques. <br /><br />One on Santa Fe Ave, 0.2 mi S of Hwy 132<br /><br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/37%C2%B038'05.8%22N+120%C2%B054'07.6%22W/@37.63494,-120.902118,1022m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en">37.634940,-120.902118</a><br /><br />Second plaque at Empire Park, near parking area.<br />
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<h4>Santa Fe plaque text:</h4>
Empire City<br /><br />1 mile south of this spot is the site of Empire City. Founded 1850 by John G. Marvin . Head of navigation on the Tuolumne River, military supply depot and 2nd county seat of Stanislaus County. Destroyed by flood in 1861 – 62.<br /><br />Dedicated Oct. 28, 1961 Estanislao Chapter No. 58 E. Clampus Vitus<br />
<h4>Park plaque text:</h4>
Empire City<br /><br />Two miles south of this spot was the site of “Empire City,” located on the south bank of the river. Founded in 1850 by John C. Marvin. The town was head of navigation on the Tuolumne River. It was a military supply depot for Forts Miller and Tahone. Elected the second Stanislaus County Seat on October 21, 1854. Three stores, one three story hotel, two boarding houses, a blacksmith shop, church and a school house were present. Vessels called “Petite Steamers” like the Tulare, Enterprise, Empire City, and the Hartlett brought passengers and supplies. This was a major shipping point for the extensive grain crops of the area. The town was destroyed by flood in 1861-62.<br /><br />I.N. “Jack” Brotherton – Nobel Grand Humbug Estanislao Chapter 58 E. Clampus Vitus Originally Dedicated, October 28, 1961<br />
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Registered 2/28/1949
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<h2>#0934 Temporary Detention Camps for Japanese Americans - Turlock Assembly Center</h2>
<h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Site information:</span></h4>
Stanislaus County Fairgrounds, Turlock<br /><br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/37%C2%B030'07.8%22N+120%C2%B051'28.2%22W/@37.502172,-120.857823,1024m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en">37.502172,-120.857823</a>
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<h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plaque information:</span></h4>
No plaque
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<h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">OHP description:</span></h4>
The temporary detention camps (also known as 'assembly centers') represent the first phase of the mass incarceration of 97,785 Californians of Japanese ancestry during World War II. Pursuant to Executive Order 9066 signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on February 19, 1942, thirteen makeshift detention facilities were constructed at various California racetracks, fairgrounds, and labor camps. These facilities were intended to confine Japanese Americans until more permanent concentration camps, such as those at Manzanar and Tule Lake in California, could be built in isolated areas of the country. Beginning on March 30, 1942, all native-born Americans and long-time legal residents of Japanese ancestry living in California were ordered to surrender themselves for detention.
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Registered 5/13/1980