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San Andreas Hotel 1860

 
 
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   Calaveras County Data



 Brief History:

 Calaveras County, one of the original 27 counties of the State, was organized at the 1849-50 session of the California State
 Legislature. At one time it embraced a portion of Amador, Alpine and Mono Counties. In 1854, Amador County was created
 from Calaveras and El Dorado counties, and parts of Calaveras County was taken to form Fresno County in 1856, Mono
 County in 1861 and Alpine County in 1864.

 Calaveras is a Spanish word meaning skull. This name was first given to the river because of the great quantities of human
 skulls found along the lower reaches of the river.





Visit neighboring counties by clicking their link below
Amador
Alpine Tuolumne
Stanislaus San Joaquin



                    State Coordinator:  Bob Jenkins
     Assistant State Coordinator:
 Karen De Groote


 The CAGenWeb Project sincerely thanks the dedicated volunteers who devoted time and effort toward making
 this site a  successful one:

   Lewis M. Ruddick (1996 - 2017)







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