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Agua Fria first Mariposa County seat
Ghost town Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Gold
Coins and tokens
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: Large cents, buttons, bottles.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: BLM Alaska (Public domain), West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
1849-1850s gold rush trade town
Gold rush camp on Fremont's Rancho Las Mariposas that became Mariposa County's first seat of justice in 1850, with a hotel, express office, bowling alley, gambling halls and about a dozen stores. It lost the county seat to Mariposa in 1854, burned and was not rebuilt, and its post office closed in 1862.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
old mine workings
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