Calaveras Heritage Council

The earliest routes into the gold regions followed long-established Indian trails.

From its beginnings in 1860 to the end of World War II, Copperopolis has been directly related to and affected by the extraction and production of copper ore.

Following the discovery of gold in 1848, hordes of eager argonauts swept into the Mother Lode.

Flowers Ranch, encompassing more than 3,000 acres southwest of Copperopolis in Calaveras County, was pieced together from more than 24 separate land patents, mostly granted during the 1870s and 1880s.

The earliest routes into the gold regions followed long-established Indian trails.