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Dick's Mother Lode Photos |
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here were previously part of my Central California album. Sierra
Foothills and San Joaquin Valley photos are now shown on their own page here. Death Valley photos are shown here and Pacific Coast & Coast Ranges here. |
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| New photos here September 7 2024 (captions in red) | ||
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| Old fence at the edge of Plymouth on Highway 49 | Marker at former Calaveras County Courthouse in Mokelumne Hill |
The Hotel Leger (former courthouse) |
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| Marker at Columbia | Downtown Columbia | Not all buildings in Columbia are well-preserved |
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| Switchbacks
on steep old roads lead to mines hidden in the hills between Coulterville & Bagby |
Yosemite Valley from Highway 49 near top of Bagby Grade | Old
concrete and rock work at site of Pine Tree Mine, near top of Bagby Grade |
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| Looking down Bagby Grade | Marker at site of Mt. Ophir mine & mint |
Remains of
rock walled building at |
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| Old Barn at Mt. Bullion | View of Signal Peak from Mt. Bullion | Old Masonic Hall in Mariposa, now the Sixth Street Cinema |
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| Old
Oddfellows Lodge in Mariposa - note iron shutters on upper floor |
Historic marker, Agua Fria town site | Location of Agua Fria |
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| Old barn in Hornitos | Mariposa Reservoir | Stockton Creek Preserve Trail |
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| Hikers on the trail | Oaks on the slope near the waterworks trailhead | |
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| This
sparkling tributary of the East Fork of the Chowchilla River
drops down a 50-foot series of cascades below this point, but it is very difficult to get down into the canyon where you can see the falls |
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| Water splashes up at a crack across the creek channel | The
French Fire of 2024 came within a few feet of homes on the east edge of Mariposa |
View looking southeast from the same spot |
