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Volcano California plaque by Amador County Historical Society 1948

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English: Plaque reads - Discovered in 1848 by Colonel Stevenson's men who mined Soldiers' Gulch. In '49 first covered wagon party sluiced rich gravel beds by '55. Men swarmed flats and gulches naming them picturesquely hydraulic operations. Begun in '55, brought thousands of fortune seekers to form town. Of 17 hotels, library, theaters and courts of quick justice. During Civil War, Volcano gold served the Union; "Volcano Blues" smuggled cannon "Old Abe" in, by hearse to quell rebels mellow with memories this birthplace of General Liversedge, whose Marines raised our flag on Iwo Jima. Honors its heroes with annual pageantry in Soldiers' Gulch.
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Camera location38° 26′ 33.35″ N, 120° 37′ 53.24″ W  Heading=243.76544175137° Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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