COPPEROPOLIS
STATE REGISTERED LANDMARK No. 296
COPPER DISCOVERED HERE BY W. K. REED
AND THOMAS MC CARTY IN 1860. MINES
UTILIZED DURING THE CIVIL WAR AND THE
FIRST AND SECOND WORLD WARS. DURING
CIVIL WAR PERIOD WAS PRINCIPAL COPPER
PRODUCING SECTION OF UNITED STATES.
MARKER PLACED BY CALIFORNIA CENTENNIALS COMMISSION.
BASE FURNISHED BY COPPEROPOLIS COMMUNITY CENTER
DEDICATED MAY 30, 1949
Y-234
