Northern Calaveras County

by Salvatore Manna, Julia Costello, Judith Marvin

Book Overview

Northern Calaveras County stretches eastward from the valley towns of Wallace and Jenny Lind, through the Campo Seco and Mokelumne Hill gold country, to the county seat in San Andreas and finally extends to the upcountry mining camps and logging settlements of West Point and Railroad Flat. Historically water and trails connected these diverse regions. The Mokelumne River and its tributaries--diverted into flumes and ditches--brought water to the river...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738547824
• ISBN13: 9780738547824
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.6" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

A Pictorial History of a Well-Known County

Mark Twain made Calavaras County a household name, but there's more to its history than a jumping frog. This book's pictorial overview of this area, especially from the 1850s on, provides a real flavor of the pioneering (and prospecting) spirit that helped settle it. The book consists almost entirely of historic photos, typically two per page, with detailed captions explaining the context and history surrounding the photo. Introductory text for each chapter groups the photos by theme, but it's easy to flip through the book to find an interesting photo and read about how it came to be. This is an excellent book for anyone interested in California history, as it adds faces, buildings, clothing styles and other details to other presentations to bring the history to life.