Springfield

Tuolumne County · Springfield · location approximate

Springfield received its name from abundant springs gushing from limestone boulders. Town with its stores, shops and hotel built around plaza. Once boasted 2,000 inhabitants. Believed founded by Doña Josefa Valmesada, Mexican woman of means with reputation of aiding Americans in war with Mexico. During heyday 150 miners carts could be seen on road, hauling gold-bearing dirt to Springfield springs for washing.

1971 register text, presented as a historical document.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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