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| Landmark #465 | Calaveras County | Visited: May 9, 2015 | Plaque? YES! 🙂 |
| What is it? | A plaque remembering the old mining camp of Brownsville! |
| What makes it historical? | THE GUIDE SAYS: A thriving mining camp on rich Pennsylvania Gulch in the 1850s and 1860s, the camp was named for Alfred Brown, former owner of Table Mountain Ranch. Laws of the Brownsville mining district provided that each miner could own one wet and one dry claim, not to exceed 150 square feet each.
OTHER TIDBITS: That pretty well sums it up! |
| How can I Help the Helpers? | HERE’S HOW:
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| Where is this place? | LISTED DIRECTIONS: On Pennsylvania Gulch Rd 0.9 mi SW of Murphys, CA 95251 ANNOTATIONS: From Los Angeles: ~346mi (557km) — 5.8hrs |
| When should I go? | Whenever the mood strikes you! |