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Central figure of the Mariposa Museum Mural.83

Silly Person's Guide to a Gold Rush Museum

Visitors from all over the world come into The Mariposa Museum and History Center each year. One of the unique and important things about this museum in California's Gold Country, is that almost all of...

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The Gagliardo Store building in Hornitos, CA.  Brick walls are 18 inches thick. Iron doors are for security and fire prevention.73

The Gold Rush Store: Everything in General

The Gagliardo General Store building still stands in the old mining town of Hornitos, but most of the original fixtures, shelves, counters and display cases -- along with much old merchandise --has gone into...

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Mariposa: A Town That Survived the Gold Rush

The footprint of this little town was laid out in the California gold-rush era. Unlike other settlements that grew "organically" according to the random placement of campsites, miners shacks and deer...

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