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| Landmark #332 | Mariposa County | Visited: February 18, 2013 | Plaque? YES! 🙂 |
| What is it? | The historic structures of the town of Coulterville! |
| What makes it historical? | THE GUIDE SAYS: George W. Coulter started a tent store here in early 1850 to supply the hundreds of miners working the rich placers of Maxwell, Boneyard, and Black Creeks. He also built the first hotel, water for it was pumped from a well by two Newfoundland dogs. Originally called Banderita from the flag flying over Coulter’s store, the settlement became Maxwell Creek when the post office was established in 1853, but the name was changed the following year to honor Coulter. The family of Francisco Bruschi, who erected the first permanent building here, provided the town’s leading merchants for over eighty years. Despite their crude methods, and with only wood for fuel, the nearby quartz mines operated for years and produced millions of dollars worth of gold, Andrew Goss built the first stamp mill for crushing their ore.
OTHER TIDBITS: This landmark is also listed on the National Register of Historic Places! |
| How can I Help the Helpers? | HERE’S HOW:
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| Where is this place? | LISTED DIRECTIONS: County Park NE corner of intersection of County Hwy J20 and State Hwy 132 (P.M. 44.8) Coulterville, CA 95311 ANNOTATIONS: From Los Angeles: ~310mi (499km) — 5.2hrs |
| When should I go? | Whenever the mood strikes you! |
