WAWONA BUSINESS DIRECTORIES- 1886 and 1890
Submitted by Walter Castor
The following directories have been transcribed from the SCHELLENS COLLECTION
Wawona
Pg. 84
1886 Business Directory
"A postal town, reached by SP Co’s Visalia Div to Merced, thence by stages
via Mariposa. Freight goes to Merced, and express to Mariposa. Merced is its
nearest banking town."
John S. WASHBURN, postmaster
WASHBURN & Co , proprs Wawona Hotel
Wawona
Pg. 84
Polk 1890 Business Directory
"Located on the south fork of the Merced river, in Mariposa county, 38 miles
N of Raymond, the shipping point, and 7 north of Mariposa, the county seat.
Pop. 25. Products: hay, stock, lumber and mineral. Stages to Raymond,
Yosemite and Mariposa. Exp WF, Tel WU. Mail semi-weekly. John S. WASHBURN,
postmaster."
Christopher ANDERSON, wagon maker
John CONWAY, civil engr
John HARRIS, harness maker
B. M. LIETCH, JoP
Barns VAN CAMPEN, wagon maker
J. L. WAGNER, propr Mt. Raymond Mine
WASHBURN & Co , genl store, hotel, saw mill and blksmith
MARIPOSA COUNTY HISTORIC BUSINESS DIRECTORIES- SCHELLENS COLLECTION
MARIPOSA COUNTY HISORY AND GENEALOGY