Historic Yosemite and Mariposa Links
The
Southern Yosemite region, which includes Mariposa County and
Oakhurst (Eastern Madera County), is home to many photographers,
other artists and organizations engaged in promoting and selling
their efforts. A number of organization are devoted to bringing
information to visitors and residents about the environment
of Yosemite, the Sierra and enhancing their time spent with
us. This page presents links to a number of these artists
and organizations where one can view work and receive information.
Because change is constant, this cannot be a complete list,
but through these connections one can make contacts that you
will find pleasing.
Mariposa County Arts Council
Gallery, Arts programs
Sierra
Artists, Mariposa Gallery representing all artists
Mariposa County Chamber of Commerce
Mariposa County Tourism Bureau
Mariposa County Library
Repository for historic materials and source of photographs
Yosemite Association
Southern Yosemite Visitors Bureau
Heidi Vetter Photographer Gallery
Ira Estin Photographer
Dan Warsinger Photographer
William Neill Photographer
Howard
Weamer Photographer
Christine
White Loberg Photography
Images, Maps, and California History Sites
Mariposa County Courthouse
Gold Rush Exhibit
The California Gold Country - Hwy 49 Revisited
The Miner's Ten Commandments - Gold Rush Tour
Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum
http://www.cprr.org/Museum/index.html
The Central Pacific began laying track eastward from Sacramento, California in 1863
California Views - Historic Image Collection
http://www.caviews.com/
Many images of the Central California Coast and Monterey
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/calheritage
This site contains thousands of scanned images taken from the Bancroft Library collection at UC Berkeley covering the history of California. It includes pictures of Gold Rush boom towns. The site's search engine makes finding images a breeze.
http://www.ccnet.com/~laplaza/calhist.htm
A nice overview of early California Gold Rush History through the Gold Rush era is available at this site.
http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~scring/index.html
The full text of a journal kept by a Forty-Niner during his trip around Cape Horn to the gold fields of California is available here.
http://www.malakoff.com/vcgc.htm
Good, brief histories of the major towns that sprang up during the Gold Rush are available here.
http://www.getgold.com/150-links.htm
This site is full of information, including James Marshall's description of the discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill in 1848.
http://www.museumca.org/goldrush.html
The Oakland museum has put together a fantastic site, full of information on the people who came to find their fortune in California.
http://www.calgoldrush.com
This site, sponsored by the Sacramento Bee, has lots of information about the Gold Rush in the Sacramento Area.
If you're thinking of traveling in the Gold Country, the following sites might prove useful:
http://gocalif.ca.gov/guidebook/GC
This is the official page of the California Department of Tourism. It provides links to places of interest all over the state.
Amador County
Butte County
Calaveras County
El Dorado County
Mariposa County
Nevada County
Placer County
Plumas County
Siskiyou County
Trinity County
Tuolumne County

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