MARIPOSA COUNTY, CA

GHOST TOWN

INFORMATION SOURCES

Information posted on these web pages came from many sources, including the following publications. Please note that on the main listing pages, I did not reference any of the sites with their sources. However on the Biography and Individual Listing pages I did. This will aid you in further research to the names and individual locations in Mariposa County. Source listings for all of the other locations shown on the main listing pages are available. Please contact me if you are interested in those sources.

1: CALIFORNIA GOLD CAMPS –

A Geographical & Historical Dictionary of Camps, Towns, and Localities Where Gold was Found and Mined;

Wayside Stations & Trading Centers.

GUDDE, Erwin G.

University of CA Press, Berkeley, Los Angeles, London.

ISBN: 0-520-02572-5

(noted as CGC in GT listings)

2: CALIFORNIA HISTORICAL LANDMARKS

Office of Historic Preservation

California Department of Parks & Recreation

Office of State Printing, Sacramento, CA

ISBN: 0-941925-08-0

In this work, any sites listed in this book have CHL# --- after them.

3: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES & GEOLOGY

Volume 47, Number 2, April 1951

State of California Department of Natural Resources

Division of Mines

San Francisco, CA

1951

ISBN: none

4: CALIFORNIA PLACE NAMES –

The Origin and Etymology of Current Geographical Names.

GUDDE, Erwin G.

University of CA Press, Berkeley, Los Angeles, London

Originally published 1949

3^rd edition published 1969 by the U of CA Press.

ISBN: 0-520-01574-6

(noted as CPN in GT listings)

5: (THE) CALL OF GOLD —

True Tales on the Gold Road to Yosemite

CHAMBERLAIN, Newell D

Valley Publishers, Fresno, CA

(Originally published in 1936)

ISBN: 0-913548-11-1

http://www.yosemite.ca.us/library/call_of_gold/

6: GEOLOGIC GUIDEBOOK ALONG HIGHWAY 49 –

SIERRAN GOLD BELT, THE MOTHER LODE COUNTRY

Centennial Edition

State of California Department of Natural Resources

Division of Mines, Bulletin #141

San Francisco, CA

1948

ISBN: none

7: GHOST TOWNS & MINING CAMPS OF CALIFORNIA –

A History & Guide.

NADEAU, Remi

Crest Publishers, Santa Barbara, CA

4^th Edition

ISBN: 0-9627104-2-3

8: GOLD DISTRICTS OF CALIFORNIA

CLARK, William

California Division of Mines & Geology Bulletin 193

Sacramento CA

1970 (5^th Printing-1980)

ISBN: none

9: HISTORIC LEGENDS of MARIPOSA COUNTY.

COOK, Fred S.

California Traveler, Inc., Volcano, CA.

ISBN: none

(OUT OF PRINT?)

10 LOST TREASURE MAGAZINE

Monthly magazine published in Grove, OK.

Various issues, including: Dec 1986 (pg 46)

11: Mariposa County Discussion List on Rootsweb.com

Info here is from various postings to the list. Including old historic newspaper transcriptions. The direct link here is so you can browse or search the archives directly.

12: MARIPOSA COUNTY GUIDEBOOK –

Seven Tours in Colorful Butterfly Country.