History by Area

This section of the site includes historic summaries as well as more in-depth information on specific locations in Calaveras County. Some of these are still thriving communities, while others had a few years of glory before they faded into the landscape. The locations are organized by proximity to the largest modern towns; subheadings will appear when you click on the names to the left. Names of communities and geographic locations can be entered in the "search" field above to find occurrences on this website.

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Calaveras County

The history of Calaveras County is much like that of other counties in the California Mother Lode. Hoards of miners came; water systems were developed; settlements grew up around the more successful and environmentally rich mining areas; transportation networks developed, first as trails and then as wagon roads; farms, orchards, and truck gardens sprang up; saloons and fandango halls, along with…

Townsite Maps

Land ownership in the Gold Rush communities in most cases was vested in the federal government until 1867, when a law was passed to resolve the question of private land ownership. The state also…

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