3/18/2000
1/15/2025
Plaque is now missing
Landmark information
- Location:
Confidence-Tuolumne City Rd (PM 8.5), 2 mi N Tuolumne City - Plaque:
Other Plaque - Site:
Existing - Date First Visited:
3/18/2000 - Date Most Recently Visited:
1/15/2025 - GPS Coordinates:
N 37 58.782, W 120 14.889
About this landmark
Plaque text:
Mark Twain Bret Harte Trail
Cherokee
First placer camp in East Belt section of Mother Lode. Gold discovered here in 1853 by Scott brothers, descendants of Cherokee Indians. Scars of placer "diggins" in every little arroyo in Cherokee Valley healed over by Mother Nature later replaced by quartz mines. Present day productive farms in this area were once rich placer grounds.