Jesús María

Calaveras County · 4.9 miles east of Mokelumne Hill · location approximate

The town, the center of a large placer mining section, received its name from a Mexican named Jesús María who raised vegetables and melons for the miners. Jesús María was settled in the early 1850's and had a large population of Mexicans, French, Chileans, and Italians.

1971 register text, presented as a historical document.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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