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MARK TWAIN BRET HARTE TRAILCHINESE CAMPREPORTEDLY FOUNDED ABOUT 1849 BY GROUP OF ENGLISHMEN WHO EMPLOYEDCHINESE AS MINERS. MUCH SURFACE GOLD FOUND ON HILLS AND FLATS.HEADQUARTERS FOR STAGE LINES IN EARLY 1850'S, AND FOR SEVERALCALIFORNIA CHINESE MINING COMPANIES. FIRST CHINESE TONG WARIN STATE FOUGHT NEAR HERE BETWEEN SAM YAP AND YAN WOO TONGS.PRESENT STONE AND BRICK POST OFFICE BUILT 1854, STILL STANDING.ST. FRANCIS XAVIER CATHOLIC CHURCH BUILD 1855, RESTORED 1949.FIRST PASTOR, FATHER HENRY ALERIC. HISTORICAL LANDMARK NO. 423 TABLET PLACED BY CALIFORNIA CENTENNIALS COMMISSION. BASE PROVIDED BY TUOLUMNE COUNTY COUNCIL NO. 2165, KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS DEDICATED JUNE 19, 1949. https: readtheplaque.com plaque mark-twain-bret-harte-trail-chinese-camp#gsc.tab 0