RETURN TO MARIPOSA COUNTY HISTORY AND GENEALOGYWHAT'S NEW AT THE HISTORY AND GENEALOGY RESEARCH SITE FOR
CALIFORNIA
INTERVIEW WITH SWEETWATER CLYDE FOSTER, 1988JOHN DEATSCH PHOTO- submitted by Carol Lackey, Dec 2, 2005
QUIGLEYS HALFWAY HOUSE- BETWEEN PRINCETON AND BEAR VALEY , added Nov 2011
HORNITOS CEMETERY INDEX (with headstone photos) UPDATED with Headstone Photos by Dave Smeds, November 2011
ASHWORTH FAMILY REUNION- June 14-18, 2011 (get the details here)
WENGER FAMILY Photo Album- photo collection of Dan Porath, Feb 2011
MURIEL NEAVIN Tribute - by Lucille Apcar, Jan 2011
JULIA JONES, BIO-by Lucille Apcar, Jan 2011
NEWMAN JONES, BIO, Jan 2011
HORACE SNOW Bio, by Lucille Apcar, Jan 2011
MOUNT GAINES MINE PHOTO- submitted by Dave Smeds
A SPECIAL CHRISTMAS TREASURE- MARIPOSA CHRISTMAS SOUVENIR OF Mid 1890's-submitted by Dave Smeds, Dec 2010
THE EXPLORATION OF THE MARSHALL MINE, by Warren Carah, 2010
PHOTO OF CHIEF LEME (courtesty of Patricia Murphy Brattland Oct 2010
WHITE ROCK photo and links- photo courtesy of Carol Lackey, April 2010
SPLIT ROCK FERRY HISTORY added April 2010
COLLECTION OF VITALS FROM THE MARIPOSA CHRONICLE AND GAZETTE-1854-1862
by Warren B Carrah, April 2010
KLONDIKE BOUND 1900- Branson Family Photo- submitted by Dave Smeds, August 2009
CAMPODONICO GIRLS PHOTO- need help to identify other young ladies in photo submitted by Karen O'Brien- April 2009
WHO WAS SHADRACK ASHWORTH- by Forrest Wass- added March 2009
QUICK FAMILY BEN HUR RANCH HISTORY part two-added Feb 2009
RAYMOND HISTORY-By Archibald Campbell Shaw ,Raymond Tattler, March 1933 (offsite link)
BAGBY- THE HISTORY AND DISAPPEARANCE OF AN HISTORIC SITE in MARIPOSA COUNTY, added Feb 2009
TREATMENT OF THE CHINESE IN MARIPOSA COUNTY HISTORY, added Feb 2009
BEN HUR ROAD JOURNEY- 1950, added Oct. 2008
MARIPOSA HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI PHOTO ALBUM- by Dick Estel, off site
McLEAN/DUDLEY FAMILY CHRONICLE- added Oct 2,2008
COULTERVILLE NOTES 1937, 1941- added Oct 1, 2008
PROBATE RECORDS, INDEX - transcribed by Dave Hansen
TELEGRAPH FIRE- by Betty Bryant, added Sept 2008
MARIPOSA COUNTY FIRES- a collection of articles- added Sept 2008
QUICK RANCH (BEN HUR) HISTORY- added Aug 2008
SPAGNOLI, JOSEPH WILLIAM- photo, added Aug. 2008
BIOGRAPHY OF BAUER, Aegidius (Egidi, Gideon)- off site- by Margaret Read, on the webpage of Dave Smeds
MOUNT OPHIR- MYTH AND MYSTERY SURROUND THE FIRST GOLD COINS MINTED IN CALIFORNIA-added Aug, 2008
SPEARS, SPENCER KING, Biography- added June 2008
MARIPOSA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MINUTES- 1899- added April 2008
BEAR VALLEY, TRABUCCO Family History Article (with Photos)- added April 2008
1874 SEBASPAPOL SCHOOL BOUNDARY PETITION April 2008
BAGBY HISTORY- added Feb 2008
1912 MARIPOSA GREAT REGISTER- link to Mariposafootprints by Tom Margrave- added Feb 2008
THORN, Joseph Franklin bio- added 2008
HOW BOOTJACK GOT IT's NAME by Joe White- added Jan 2008
PHANTOM ROAMS MARIPOSA MINING SHACK.- by Joe White added Jan 2008
GEARY, John and Ellen MORAN family history by Dave Smeds (link to his website)-added Jan 2008
INDIAN TOM BUSHYHEAD-added Dec 2007 (also link to Walla Walla /Miwuk connection)
GREELEY HILL SCHOOL PHOTOS-donated by Ray Westmoreland- added Dec 2007
BOOTJACK/SEBASTOPOL MAP- courtesy of Lois Lord Jackson and Wes McNally- added Dec 2007
Samuel Johnson Lord and wife Martha Roma Spears- photos- added Dec 2007
BOWER CAVE HISTORY AS TOLD BY GEORGE WENGER- added November 2007
SUZIE MCGOWAN, YOSEMITE CHIEFS, MUYBRIDGE PHOTOS , links added to the Native American Page-
HELL's HOLLOW-Mt. Bullion Notes- -added Nov 2007
LINK- The Mariposa Gazette is Finally on line and Free
PHOTO- Merced Falls Mill, 1936Donated: From Lois (Lord) Jackson and John Lathrop, Merced, California.- October, 2007
PHOTO- Crocker Huffman Dam, Merced Falls, 1907- donated by Lois Lord Jackson and John Lathrop- Oct, 2007
CAPT. J W. HOWARD, the last of the California Rangers, interviewed in 1907- from the Washington Post
THE LAST OF THE CALIFORNIA RANGERS, by Jill Crosley-Batts-, link to online book, transcribed by Dan Anderson, placed on the Mariposa History Bibliography Page-Aug, 2007
CALL OF GOLD-, by Newell Chamberlin, link to online book, transcribed by Dan Anderson- placed on the Mariposa History Bibliography Page- August 2007
NEWS OF MARIPOSA- FEB 10, 1910, June 2007, Carolyn Feroben
CALIFORNIA HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL SOCIETIES- and COUNTY ARCHIVES- - May 2007, Carolyn Feroben
IRA ROUSE FAMILY of Granite Springs- submitted by Bob Schamber- April 2007
LORD, MARGARET CATHERINE HART photo- submitted by Lois Lord Jackson, April 2007
GREELEY HILL REUNION, 1959- April 2007
NEW LINKS ON THE MARIPOSA NATIVE AMERICAN PAGE- INCLUDES BIOGRAPHIES, March 2007
SOUTHERN SIERRA MIWUK LANGUAGE-(1964) by Syliva M Braodbent- offsite link
SOUTHERN SIERRA MIWUK LANGUAGE- PLATES(Photos)- off site link
CAMPODONICO-HORNITOS MAYPOLE DANCE, 1892- photos, submitted by Karen O'Briein, Feb, 2007
SCHLAGETER/LATHROP family- transcribed by Susan Schooler, Jan 2007
HORNITOS HOTEL photos- donated by Sandi Rohrig,
Margaret McNALLY GIBBS- photo donated by Velma Tarver, Jan 2007
MOTHER LODE SERVICE STATION- 1930's photo- contributed by Gary Williams
McNALLY PIERCE, Minnie- photos donated by Lois Jackson and Velma Tarver
SMITHER-LEWIS PHOTOS- donated by Velma Tarver
HART/MCNALLY FAMILY CHRONICLE- by Velma Tarver
CHARLES CLAY HART- photo-submitted by Lois Jackson Dec 2006
MINING CLAIMS LOCATED- Feb 1910, cdf
NANCY J (Bolton) HART- vs sheriff, regarding ownership of cattle, 1890
MARIPOSA HIGH SCHOOL 1927 GRADUATES PHOTO- all dressed up for Graduation- donated by Sandi Rohrig-October 2006
HORNITOS BAR PHOTO- donated by Sandi Rohrig- October 2006
SEBSASTOPOL SCHOOL -and students-early 1920's-PHOTO, submitted by Velma McNally Tarver- October 2006
HORNITOS MEMORIES- Zeora Wommack and Winifred Williams inteview- 2000- submitted by Sandi Rohrig- October 2006
HORNITOS CEMETERY HEADSTONE PHOTOS- see new links to Hornitos , St. Catherines Cemetery, headstones- October, 2006
HORNITOS, 1920- Photo of girls going to school on donkey- donated by Sandi Rohrig- September, 2006HART FAMILY PHOTO- donated by Lois Lord Jackson, Sept 28, 2006 MASONIC LODGE- HORNITOS #99- 1882- MEMBERSHIP, transcribed by Pam Wolfskill, Aug 6, 2006 MASONIC LODGE, MARIPOSA #24- 1882- MEMBERSHIP, transcribed by Pam Wolfskill, Aug 6, 2006 BOOTJACK HALL- RAZED in 1966 for HIGHWAY 49 EXTENSION- submitted by Carol Lackey- Aug, 2006 MARIPOSA BLOG SPOT-/FAMILY HISTORY Tom Margrave
ARMY ENLISTEES- WWII- off site link, (note the source for the database is not given)
CHOISER KILLS BIEGLER- Bear Valley, 1857
MARIPOSA JAIL- TRABUCCO WAREHOUSE - link to Peggy and Pat Perazzo's "Stone Quaries and Beyond" Mariposa visit
MARIPOSA COUNTY STONE QUARRIES- transcribed by Peggy Perazzo, - Jan, 2006
TRABUCCO-PENDOLA Wedding Portrait, 1882, submitted by Carole Thomas, Dec 2005
ARTIE HELM- Family Chronicle (stage driver of Yosemite) -submitted by Carol Lackey, Dec, 2005
A RIDE ON Highway 49, Highway 120 and Old Priest Grade------motorcycle style- GREAT PHOTOS (off site)
COURTHOUSE AND STAMP MILL PHOTOS (off site)
A VACATION AMONG THE SIERRAS Yosemite in 1860 Thomas Starr King, 1962- - transcribed with photos-
read online- by Dan Anderson
WAWONA's YESTERDAY- Shireley Sargent, 1961 transcribed with photos-----read online- by Dan Anderson
OND HUNDRED YEARS IN YOSEMITE----Carl Parcher Russell- 1947 edition, fully transcribed by Dan Anderson
BIG OAK FLAT ROAD--------1955, -fully transcribed with photos -now on line------thanks to Dan Anderson
AQUA FRIA/COLORADO DISTRICT -1851 ---- -Letter from George H. Goddard to Augustus Goddard
SMITHER FAMILY CHRONICLE- added November 2, 2005
MARIPOSA LAND PATENTS------
PRIEST CEMETERY HEADSTONE PHOTOS- off site - linked to the Mariposa Main Cemetery site-added September 2005
INDEX TO THE MARIPOSA COUNTY ARCHIVES- COY Historical Records Commission, 1919
YOSEMITE STAGES ROBBED, 1920= Added September 7, 2005
MARIPOSA PIONEER ANNIVERSARY- Mariposa Gazette-1880
ELLIS, William Alexander- Biography, added Aug, 21, 2005
ORO RICA MINE PHOTO- Aug 9, 2005
BARCROFT, FRED, Biography, July 17, 2005
MOUNTAIN KING MINE DISASTER-----1917
MR. ASHWORTH KILLS CALIFORNIA LION- from the Mariposa Chronicle- 1854
LYSANDER UTT- Biography- June 1, 2005
LUCY- photo of Indian Woman- El Portal
HART, Moses- Biography
HUNTER, W.W. W.- Druggist of Mariposa County, Biography
YOSEMITE PIONEER CEMETERY
CHIEF LEME PHOTOS-
MARCUS LEWIS PROBATE- 1870
MARIPOSA COUNTY NATURALIZATION INDEX 1854-1906-added May 11,2005
SHERMAN INSTITUTE HISTORY- added May, 2005
C. J. BLOED- Biography
JOHN WORKMAN PROBASCO- Last Will and Testomony, 1882-
GORDON, TOM- news article, 1937
DAVIS, MARY- biography-
PHOTOS OF THE IOOF CEMETERY- HORNITOS
THE LAST MARIPOSA YAQUI DIES- 1906
CHURCH RECORDS- Lookup in the M E Church of Plainsburg and LeGrand. Records of folks from the Green Mountain area are included.- Carol Lackey lookup volunteer
MINING DISPUTE LEADS TO MURDER-Sherlock's, 1855
ROAN- Accidently shoots self- 1906
FISKE HOME BURNS-Photography Collection destroyed 1904
HORNITOS OLDTIMERS PHOTO- BARCROFT SALOON- 1890
YOSEMITE STAGE HOLD UP= 1905
MT. GAINES MINERS-photo 1902
MT. GAINES FLUME- photo= 1920
QUICK RANCH-photos
NEW VOLUNTEER- MINING HISTORY OF MARIPOSA COUNTY-March 2005
STAGE AT WELL-HORNITOS MERCED ROAD- 1900- PHOTO
ORANGE SCHOOL- Cathey's Valley, Photo
PARKS, James F. - Biography
WHITLOCK MINE- photo and history 1890's
QUARTZBURG School and students photo- 1909-
SCOTT, William Wyatt- Family Chronicle- Feb 2005, revised March, 2006
GUEST (1st)-Family Chronicle=Feb-2005
GUEST (2nd) Family Chronicle- Feb- 2005
SCHLAGETER takes shots at BERTKEN= 1901
COULTERVILLE MASONIC LODGE-- YOSEMITE #133 1869-70
MARIPOSA MASONIC LODGE MEMBERSHIP 1869
AMBROSE DANERI- BIO- Jan , 21, 2005
1857 MERCED TAX ROLL- link to the Merced County Website-
WHITEROCK CEMETERY -survey by Carol Lackey, Aug. 2004- added Jan, 2005
JOSEPH W. SPAGNOLI- family biography-
STEPHEN M. PATE family biography-added Dec 30, 2004
COULTERVILLE BUILDING COLLAPSE-1896
FIRE AT COULTERVILLE- 1859
BRANSON / SIMMONS TRAGEDY Hornitos 1882
CHARLES HART- Kills Brother- 1885
THOMAS TRUITT -BURNS IN MARIPOSA COUNTY JAIL - 1882
SHEHADY KILLS HOLLARAN of the YVRR- 1909 (off site link)
MARIPOSA MASONIC LODGE MEMBERSHIP- 1857-1858- part of the Schellens collection
THREE SLAIN IN MINING CLAIM DISPUTE- 1926, submitted by Steve Miller, Dec 2004
SHERLOCK- Creek, Gulch, Diggins, - submitted by Carolyn Feroben
F. T. TRABUCCO's STORE- Mt. Bullion, Dec 20, 2004- submitted by Carol Lackey
MARIPOSA MERRY MOUNTAIN CHRISTMAS PARADE-Dec 11, 2004
FRANK TRABUCCO stabs George LONG- 1900
WYATT's STORE- 1867 Directory- December 6, 2004
WAWONA 1886 and 1890 Business Directory- December 6, 2004
JERSEYDALE 1890 Business Directory-December 6, 2004
GRANT SPRINGS 1890 Business Directory-- December 6, 2004
THOMAS HARRIS obit, editor of the Merced Star- 1897- December 5, 2004
SAMUEL RANSOME- grief stricken, takes his own life- 1891- December 4, 2004
PROBASCO/PRESTON Cemetery, survey and photos by Carol Lackey, November 29, 2004
JOHN WORKMAN PROBASCO/CHARLOTTE HALL PROBASCO- photos and family chart-,
submitted by Carol Lackey-November 29, 2004
GARY SPECK's MARIPOSA PHOTO ALBUM Linked to Mariposa County Photo Index November 26, 2004
1923 EIGHTH GRADE GRADUATIONS added to the Mariposa Graduate Lists
SHOT TAKEN AT SUPERVISOR E.O. DARLING_-1872
COULTERVILLE FIRE- July 1899- submiteed by Tom Hilk, November 23, 2004
GOUCHER, Hon. George G. - Biography, November 23, 2004
MOSES ROGERS- MINING ENGINEER OF HORNITOS- Biography- November 21, 2004
1860 MORMON BAR PHOTO- November 10, 2004
1880 MARIPOSA BUSINESS DIRECTORY-November 10, 2004
1878 MARIPOSA BUSINESS DIRECTORY-November 9, 2004
1867 COLORADO DISTRICT DIRECTORY-November 9, 2004
1890 CATHAY BUSINESS DISTRICT DIRECTORY Novemer 9, 2004
1890 CHOWCHILLA BUSINESS DISTRICT DIRECTORY- November 9, 2004
PHOTO OF JUDGE J.J. TRABUCCO HOME- added November 4, 2004
MASSACRE- 1887- added Oct 21-2004
MT. OPHIR MINE PHOTO- 1852- submitted by Carol Lackey
BATTLE OF HOGAN'S POTATO PATCH- Mariposa Indian War-submitted by Carol Lackey, Oct. 2004
ADAIR FAMILY -------donated by Heather Adair- Sept 2004
MOTHER MARIPOSA- from the History of Merced- transcribed by Tom Hilk, Sept 2004
MARIPOSA HISTORY BIBLIOGRAPHY, Sept 2004- new online additions: by Dan AndersonThe Ahwahneechees: A Story of the Yosemite Indians (1966), John W. Bingaman Indians of the Yosemite (1904) Galen Clark In the Heart of the Sierras (1888) James Mason Hutchings The Lore and the Lure of the Yosemite (1922)Herbert Earl WilsonRUSSELL/LEWIS Family Chronicle, submitted by Carol Lackey, Aug 2004
PRATT, Joseph- Family Chronicle, Carol Lackey- Aug 2004
HISTORIC POSTOFFICES- submitted by Tom Phillips- July 2004
PHOTO - JOE WEBB at WEBB STATION, Merced-Coulterville Rd
SARAH PRIEST CEMETERY INDEX- Feb 05, 2004
NEW PHOTOS- Jette Hotel, Fremont Hotel, Midpines Lodge, The Octogon- submitted by Paul Hall, Dec 15 2003
THE MARSHALL FAMILY of Mariposa County- December 3, 2003
COULTERVILLE MASONIC LODGE- #133- November 24, 2003
TRAGIC DEATH OF INDIAN AND WIFE- 1930- added November 12, 2003
BAGBY HISTORIC PHOTO- November 1, 2003
MT BUCKINGHAM SCHOOL PLAQUE- October 31, 2003
A HAIR RAISING BEAR STORY- of George Leidig- 1892- October 31, 2003
THE HELM FAMILY CROSSES THE PLAINS- 1856, submitted by Carol Lackey, posted October 14, 2003
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DARRAH- Business Directory, 1886-7, part of the SCHELLENS Collection, submitted by Walter Castor- posted Sept 2003
REXALL DRUG AND MASONIC LODGE PHOTO,- ca 1960. added Sept 2003
COURTHOUSE CLOCK VANDALIZED- submitted by Tom Hilk, Sept 2003
WESTFALL, Fremont- Family Chronicle, submitted by Carol Lackey- Aug 26, 2003THE LOUVE HOTEL FIRE- 1896- from Tom Phillips book- Fires of Mariposa-, Aug 10, 2003
COULTERVILLE MASONIC LODGE DIRECTORY-YOSEMITE LODGE #133- 1868-70
Part of the SCHELLENS Collection- submitted by Walter Castor- July 30, 2003PHOTO OF OAKVALE SCHOOL STUDENTS 1901 submitted by Calvin Probasco- July 20, 2003
STONEMAN HOUSE HISTORY, compiled by Tom Philips, June 15, 2003
MARIPOSA HISTORIC PHOTOS- part of the San Joaquin Valley and Sierra Foothills Digitalization Project-
May 29, 2003-MT BULLION HISTORIC BUSINESS DIRECTORIES, Schellens Collection, Walter Castor, May 2003
PRINCETON BUSINESS DIRECTORY, 1867- Schellens Collection- contributed by Walter Castor, May , 2003
McCLURE BIOGRAPHY-May, 2003 submitted by Carol Lackey
SCHELLENS COLLECTION- April, 2003- contributed by Walter Castor
MARIPOSA HIGH SCHOOL JR CLASS PHOTO- 1927, Jan 10, 2003-submitted by Tom Hilk
MARIPOSA HIGH SCHOOL SR CLASS PHOTO- 1927, Jan 9, 2003-submitted by Tom Hilk
ACORN STORAGE- YOSEMITE- November 24, 2002
DISASTERS (fire , flood, pestilence, earthquakes) of Mariposa County- in progress, Nov 4, 2002
1850-1859 HISTORICAL OFFICIALS OF MARIPOSA COUNTY- Nov 2, 2002
1871 HISTORICAL OFFICIALS OF MARIPOSA COUNTY, Oct 31, 2002
MARSHALL, George- Family Chronicle, from Journal of The West, posted with permission, Oct 24, 2002
MARIPOSA PUBLIC SCHOOL GRADUATES, 1918, submitted by Steve Miller, Oct, 20, 2002
CORONERS REGISTER- 1903-1905, index by Steve Miller, October 22, 2002
PROBASCO AND PRESTON FAMILY PHOTO ALBUM- contributed by Heather Adair, October 19, 2002
MIAMI LODGE PHOTO-October 18, 2002
THURMAN MURPHY FAMILY PHOTOS- donated by Pat Brattland- October 10, 2002
PHOTOS added to the COUNTS FAMILY CHRONICLES , October 5, 2002
MAP of Mariposa Town- Pre 1866 fire- map by Tom Phillips, Aug 10, 2002
Collins, John -Photo of the night shift at the Mariposa Mine- 1902, Aug 6, 2002
1931 MARIPOSA PHONE DIRECTORY- submitted by Vern Goyette, July 27- 2002
MURRAY FAMILY of Pleasant Valley- as told by ELLEN MURRAY MOODEY
July 24, 2002HISTORIC DOWNTOWN MARIPOSA SITES MAP- by Tom Phillips, July 21-2002
CONLEY, William- second biography -July 2002
IOOF LODGES OF CALIFORNIA June 4, 2002
SHERMAN INSTITUTE CENSUS - 1920 - May 23, 2002
GOLD QUARTZ MINES OF MARIPOSA- 1871-May 15, 2002
The FIRE in MARIPOSA of 1866-May 2002
Mariposa County Officials/Township Officials- 1860's-May 2, 2002
Mariposa Death Index- 1873 to 1904- April 13, 2002
Mariposa High School 1931 Senior Play Program- April 8, 2002
Mariposa High School 1926 Senior Play Program- April 6, 2002
1930 Mariposa Census-how to order from NARA-April 6, 2002
COUNTS JOURNAL- Additional information- April 5, 2002
Spring Time Photos of the Mariposa Countryside - April 5, 2002
Biography of George Reeb- Hornitos- April 5, 2002
Biography of William Larew- April 4, 2002
LDS FILMS FOR MARIPOSA VITALS-March 13, 2002
MARIPOSA HIGH SCHOOL GRAD LISTS 1920-1938-by Steve Miller-March 10,2002
CATHEY'S VALLEY CHURCH DEDICATION-1921- PLEASE HELP IDENTIFY THESE FOLKS- March 6, 2001
YOSEMITE and The MILITARY-March 5, 2002
