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HISTORICAL
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MURPHYS
ONE OF THE PRINCIPAL MINING COMMUNITIES IN CALAVERAS COUNTY, NAMED FOR THE
DISCOVERER OF GOLD ON THE FLAT IN 1849. THE OBJECTIVE OP MANY IMMIGRANTS
COMING OVER THE SIERRAS BY EBBETTS PASS. MURPHYS FLAT AND SURROUNDING MINES
PRODUCED 20,000,000 DOLLARS IN GOLD. EARLY RECULATIONS RESTRICTED CLAIMS TO 8 PT SQUARE.
SUSPENSION FLUME CONVEYING WATER ACROSS MURPHYS CREEK AND DRAINAGE RACE
DRAINING THE FLAT, VERE TWO OUTSTANDING ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF EARLY DAY MINERS.
BUSINESS PORTION OF TOWN DESTROYED BY FIRE AUGUST 20 1839. JOAQUIN MURIETTA
BANDIT, BEGAN HIS MURDEROUS GAREER HERE. CALAVERAS LIGHT GUARDS RECRUITING
FOR CIVIL WAR, ORGANIZED HERE MAY 4 1861.
ERECTED AND DEDICATED DEC 1937 BY
RUBY PARLOR NO 46 NATIVE DAUGHTERS OF THE GOLDEN VIEST
CHISPA PARLOR NO 139 NATIVE SONS OF THE GOLDEN WEST.
MURPHYS
Calaveras
County
CALIFORNIA
On The
Historical
- And
Scenic
Ebbetts
Pass Route
Road of A
Thousand
Wonders
F-7298
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DESERT SOUVENIR SUPPLY, BOULDER CITY, NEVADA
