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From: "Sue Silver" <>
Subject: Re: [CASANFRA] Book for Lookups: "California Saints"
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 19:28:36 -0700
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The Mormon Tavern in El Dorado County remained until the early 1960s when
the El Dorado County fire department burned it down to build the present
alignment of Hwy 50. (That is, of course, the standard preservation
mechanism in this county of the gold discovery site. We would never want
anyone to think we're sentimental about our historic spots...)

I'm sure Mormon Gold by J. Kenneth Davies would be of interest to anyone
studying Mormon settlement and travels before, during and after the gold
rush. As far as the roadhouses in our county, we have found his information
to be fairly reliable.

Sue Silver

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ruth Skewis" <>
To: <>
Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 3:15 PM
Subject: RE: [CASANFRA] Book for Lookups: "California Saints"


> Carolyn,
>
> I checked HISTORIC SPOTS IN CALIFORNIA -4th Edition - 1990. The one
sentence
> write up on MORMON BAR (SRL 323) is the same as what you have there from
> Gudde - except it says ".....was first settled in 1849 by Mormons".
>
> While checking the index for MORMON BAR I ran across MORMON TAVERN - I
> thought for a minute there might be a connection...... but then found the
> TAVERN was in El Dorado County...
>
> RUTH
>
> _________________________________
> Ruth(Grady)Skewis-Sacramento, CA
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: carolyn [mailto:]
> > Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 2:45 PM
> > To:
> > Subject: Re: [CASANFRA] Book for Lookups: "California Saints"
> >
> >
> > Hi Patty- Great timing of your message----I am in pursuit of some
> > information on the Mormons who came to Mariposa County in 1848!
> >
> > Can you see if there is any mention of a group of Mormons coming
> > to Mariposa County in 1848 ?
> >
> > We have a location here called "Mormon Bar". The only
> > information I have found on the history of this site regarding
> > the Mormons who came here is from Gudde- it mentions only "Gold
> > was discovered here in 1848 by Mormons, who left soon afterwards
> > for Salt Lake City".
> >
> > Thanks for the lookup!!:-)
> >
> > Carolyn
> > http://www.cagenweb.com/mariposa/
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Patty Delgado wrote:
> >
> > > I would be happy to look for information in:
> > >
> > > "California Saints: a 150-Year Legacy In The Golden State" by
> > Richard O. Cowan and William E. Homer. Salt Lake city:
> > Bookcraft, 1996. Includes: Samuel Brannan and the 1845 Saga of
> > the Brooklyn, Mormons and the Gold Rush, Mormon's role in the new
> > city of San Francisco, the Mormon Battalion.
> > >
> > > Patty Delgado
> > > Monarch Beach, CA
> >
>
>

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