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Mariposa 2010
Court House Erected iIn 1854
The Information Post.
On our trip to Yosemite, we stayed in the town of Mariposa. The history of the town goes back to the days of the gold rush. The town has retained the charm of the Wild West and much of the history has been well documented.
Mariposa California is known as the Mother of California. California was once one county from The Bay area to Los Angeles and Riverside County. The mining laws for the State of California were written in Mariposa in 1854 and they are the laws that control the mining in California today. The Counties as they are known today were eventually broken off of Mariposa County. The Court House erected in 1854 is still in use today. It offers an interesting tour. We stopped by to view a hearing that was on trial.
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The Wells Fargo Bank posted that in 1854 they averaged a transacted $40,000.00 in gold each day. In 2010 that calculated to approximately $400,000.00 each day.
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