Montezuma

Tuolumne County · 2 miles north of Chinese Camp · location approximate

Sol Miller and P. K. Aurond, in 1850, came to Tuolumne County and established a mercantile business at a place to which they gave the name "Montezuma House," and Montezuma remained attached to the important mining town which subsequently grew up nearby.

1971 register text, presented as a historical document. It uses the period's terms for Native people; the state's landmark listings still carry most of this wording, and the California Office of Historic Preservation maintains the program's current texts.

Many of these plaques have since been recast or their texts revised. The California Historical Landmarks program and its current texts are maintained by the California Office of Historic Preservation. California Office of Historic Preservation ↗

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Marker data: State of California, Department of Parks and Recreation, California Historical Landmarks (1971)

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