Too many men!

Submitted by Sloane DellOrto on Mon, 11/19/2007 - 16:02.

In 1850, at the height of the Gold Rush, there were 62 males for every female in Calaveras County. By 1860, the ratio was just over 6:1.

Did you know?

Michelson school's namesake
Albert Michelson, who measured the speed of light and became the first American to win the Nobel Prize (1907), attended school in Murphys.