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BEAR VALLEY
HEADOUARTERS OF COL JOHN C FREMONT, WORLD-FAMOUS
AMERICAN, WHO IN R47. PURCHASED & FLOATING MECAN
CRANT OF 44.000 ACRES FOR $1000 AFIER COLD WAS
COVERED HE FLOATED HIS GRANT TO INCLUDE THE MOTHER
LOGE COLD BELT FROM MARPOSA TO MERCED RIVER AFTER
COSTLY LITICATION, HIS TITLE WAS CONFIRED BY SUPREME
CHRAN
COURT IN IR59
HE WORKED HIS RICH PLACERS BY CRUBSTAMING EXPERIENCED
MEXICAN MINERS BEFORE THE INFLUX OF AMERICANS AND
SUBSEOUENTLY HE OPENED UP RICH OUARTZ MINES, IN 18S
HE BUILT A TWO STORY HOTEL AND MATER A LARGE STORE
ANG HIS HOME.CALLED THE WSTE HONSEHORACE CREELEY
VISITED HERE IN ese AND WOTETHE COLONEL S NOW
OPERATING TNO STAMP M
N 1663 HE SOLD HIS CRANT FOR $6.00000N
AND NETTING sO0.000 A YEAR
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BASE
1850
Y-314
RUINS OF STORES FROM 1850. BEAR VALLEY, CALIF
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