Mokelumne Hill - California Ghost Town

MOKELUMNE HILL

NAME: Mokelumne Hill
COUNTY: Calaveras
ROADS: 2WD
GRID #(see map): 3
CLIMATE: Warm winter, mild summer
BEST TIME TO VISIT: Anytime.

COMMENTS: Just south of Sacramento, Semi-ghost.
REMAINS: Many original buildings.

Settled by miners from Oregon after a gold strike in October of 1848 along the Mokelumne River, the town quickly developed a reputation of wildness not to be exceeded by most other mining camps. The site was called Mokelumne Hill. The first structures to be built were leveled by fire in 1854. Subsequent buildings were mostly of stone and many have survived. What sets Mokelumne Hill apart from many other mining towns is its cemetery. Set among a grove of Italian cypress, it tells a grim story of the town's early days. You can see it and the town on highway 49, just south of Butte City. Submitted by Henry Chenoweth. Mokelumne Hill Courtesy Bob Stelow Mokelumne Hill Courtesy Bob Stelow	Mokelumne Courtesy Dolores Steele Hotel Leger - rebuilt in 1874 after fire Courtesy Dolores Steele Calaveras Chronicle -- once employed Mark Twain as a reporter Courtesy Dolores Steele L. Mayer & Son Store - 1854 Courtesy Dolores Steele

Settled by miners from Oregon after a gold strike in October of 1848 along the Mokelumne River, the town quickly developed a reputation of wildness not to be exceeded by most other mining camps. The site was called Mokelumne Hill. The first structures to be built were leveled by fire in 1854. Subsequent buildings were mostly of stone and many have survived. What sets Mokelumne Hill apart from many other mining towns is its cemetery. Set among a grove of Italian cypress, it tells a grim story of the town's early days. You can see it and the town on highway 49, just south of Butte City.
Submitted by Henry Chenoweth.

Mokelumne Hill
Courtesy Bob Stelow

Mokelumne
Courtesy Dolores Steele

Hotel Leger - rebuilt in 1874 after fire
Courtesy Dolores Steele

Calaveras Chronicle -- once employed Mark Twain as a reporter
Courtesy Dolores Steele

L. Mayer & Son Store - 1854
Courtesy Dolores Steele

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