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SONORA, CALIFORNIA
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In 1848 this was a Sonorian camp settled by miners
from Sonora, Mexico. By 1849 the streets
packed with 5,000 men from all parts of the world.
The first newspaper was the Sonora Herald started
on July 4, 1850. In June of 1850 the new local gov-
ernment placed a $20. tax on foreign-born miners.
Fearing trouble the miners left and went to what is
now Columbia where they found richer diggings.
Sonora was the western point for the Bodie stage
line that went over the Sonora Pass. The first to use
this pass was the Bidwell-Bartleson Party who
crossed in 1841. A number of early parties became
lost in the canyons, mountains and along the rivers
of the western side of the Sierras... M.P.
C-103
Photo-color by Merle Porter
O & Published by Royal Pictures, Colton, California
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