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Calaveras and Mariposa Counties, California - Views

Owning Institution: UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library

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The Views of Calaveras and Mairposa Counties, Calif. album contains 43 albumn prints taken in 1890 by Désiré Fricot. The album features many scenic views of the forest land of the eastern foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, as well as various other subjects, some of which are related to the Fricot family's mining interests. Calaveras County points of interest pictured in the album include the San Antonio Creek, Colwell Creek, and Hobe Ide's Ditch areas of Sheepranch (written as "Sheep Ranch" in the captions); Murphy's; San Andreas; the timber land of W.H. Clary; the Sheep Ranch Mine of J.B. Haggin; the residence and hoisting works of André Chavanne; the Columbus Mine of Jules Fricot (Désiré's father); and the Big Trees area of the county, including photographs of the "Mother of the Forest" and "Pioneer's Cabin" trees, and a dancing hall constructed atop the stump of a giant tree. Mariposa County points of interest include views of the Yosemite Valley; the town of Wawona; and the "Wawona" and "Grizzly Giant" big trees.... View collection guide.

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43 items found in this collection

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The original big tree, showing dancing hall on the Stump. Calaveras big …
Peter Davis' Jack. Sheep Ranch (Calaveras Co.). [No.] 5
Peter Davis' Place--The old man and his guest. Ridge near Sheep Ranch …
Pioneer's Cabin--Diameter 32 feet. Calaveras big tree (Calaveras Co.)
Raggio's Store, Main Street. Sheep Ranch (Calav. [Calaveras]. Co.). [No.] 20
Road between Wawoona & Yo Semite [i.e. Yosemite] Valley. Mariposa Co.--Cal. [No.] …
Sheep Ranch Mine (J.B. Haggin proprietor). Sheep Ranch (Calaveras Co.). [No.] 16
Sperry's Hotel--Big trees (Calaveras Co.). [No.] 26
Stage of the Yo Semite [i.e. Yosemite] and Turnpike Co. at the …
Timber Land--W.H. Clary. Sheep Ranch (Calaveras Co.). [No.] 6
Timber on Colwell Creek. W.H. Clary. Near Sheep Ranch (Calaveras Co.). [No.] …
Timber on the Calaveras Big trees Road. 3 miles from Sheep Ranch …
Top of Nevada fall. Yo Semite [i.e. Yosemite] Valley--Mariposa Co. [No.] 41
The "Two Sentinels"--Diameter 23 feet. Calaveras big trees grove--12 miles from Sheep …
Vernal fall--taken from Lady Franklin Rock. Yo Semite [i.e. Yosemite] Valley (Mariposa …
View taken from the window of our room at the Hotel Wawoona. …
Wading--San Antonio Creek. Sheep Ranch (Calaveras Co.). [No.] 2
The "Wawoona." [Wawona] Indian name for big tree. Mariposa Co.--Cal. [No.] 29
Yo Semite [i.e. Yosemite]--Resting after a hard climb--Mariposa Co. Above Vernal fall …
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