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Local groups placing a temporary tablet at the spot where gold was first discovered in California at Placerita Canyon

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Title: Local groups placing a temporary tablet at the spot where gold was first discovered in California at Placerita Canyon
Date Created and/or Issued: 1930-03-09
2016-04-19
Contributing Institution: LA County Library
Collection: County of Los Angeles Department of Parks and Recreation Photo Collection
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Description: Ramona Parlor 109 of N. S. G. W. together with La Mesa Club and Kiwanis Club of Newhall and Saugus, placed a temporary tablet over a mound of boulders which mark the spot where gold was first discovered in California by Francisco Lopez on March 9th, 1842, in Placeritos Canyon on the property now owned by Mr. Frank E. Walker who is pictured holding up the California Republic flag.
Type: image
Format: black-and-white photographs
image/jpeg
Identifier: PLAC-1930-gold.jpg
http://cdm15952.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15952coll11/id/525
Language: English
Subject: Lopez, Francisco
Walker, F. E
Native Sons of the Golden West
La Mesa Club
Kiwanis Cliub of Newhall, California
Kiwanis Club of Saugus, California
California--Gold discoveries
Parks--California--Newhall
Parks--California--Los Angeles County
Placerita Canyon Natural Area
Place: 19152 Placerita Canyon Road, Newhall, CA 91321
Relation: County of Los Angeles Department of Parks and Recreation Historic Photo Collection
Provenance: County of Los Angeles Department of Parks and Recreation
Gift from Evan Decker, volunteer at the Santa Clarita Historical Society. The photo was donated to the Historical Society by Charles Wright, and originally owned by Walter McIntyre of Newhall, CA.
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