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Volcano

Volcano is a California Historical Landmark in Amador County.

Amador County · Town of Volcano · location approximate

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Discovered in 1848 by Colonel Stevenson's men who mined Soldiers Gulch in 1849. By 1853 men swarmed flats and gulches naming them picturesquely. Hydraulic operation begun in 1855 brought thousands of fortune seekers to form a town of 17 hotels, library, theater and courts of quick justice. During Civil War, Volcano gold served the Union; Volcano Blues smuggled the cannon "Old Abe" in by hearse to quell rebels.

1971 register text, presented as a historical document.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 ↗

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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under a mile from where William Gabby lived in the 1760s

what this marker records spans 1777 to 1789, overlapping William Gabby's years here

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

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