Calaveras – Commonplaces

CALAVERAS – On the Derivation and Definition of the Names …

November 19, 2016 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Daily Alta California, Volume 1, Number 104, 30 April 1850 REPORT FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE On the Derivation and Definition of the Names of the several Counties of the State of California, &c. Calaveras. — This word signifies skulls, and the so called creek which gives name to the county, derives its own name from … [Read more…]

FROM THE INTERIOR.

June 16, 2016 by sergneri Leave a Comment

FROM THE INTERIOR. Sacramento Daily Union, December 30, 1852 Sonora. The Herald the 25th was handed us by the messenger of Wells, Fargo & Co. In the summary of mining intelligence, that journal says : ” We never remember to have experienced a more unpromising season than the present, for a new comer in the … [Read more…]