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Winter snow in Yosemite provides at least four months of Alpine and Cross county skiing. Snowline is usually above 3000'.
RECREATION
Mariposa County offers a wide
variety of recreational opportunities
from hiking and camping, to boating
in Lake McClure and Lake Don
Pedro; fishing in the Merced River
for the big Rainbows as well as in
many other streams and lakes; picnicking
with the family to horseback
riding to gold panning and on and
on. The point is that you can find
whatever your heart desires in
Mariposa County. Check our website
www.homeofyosemite.com
for not only the latest list, but for the
many special events that occur year
around.
MUSEUMS
Coulterville
The Northern Mariposa County
History Center in Coulterville is
housed in the remains of the three-
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Whatever your heart desires
Downtown Coulterville from the History Center
story Coulter Hotel. Destroyed in the
l899 fire, the ingenious citizens of
Coulterville rebuilt the upper-story
rooms for the collection and kept the
balance of the building for a garden.
Included in the museum interior is
the former drug store next door
where the fixtures are still in place
but provide the display for many artifacts
of a mining town. Coulterville's
fine History Center interprets the life
of a mining camp from the first days
PIONEER
MARKET
Bakery - Produce - Meats - Deli - Wines
(209) 742-6100
Open 7 days a week
Monday to Friday 7am - 9pm ? Sunday 8am - 9pm
of a tent store owned by George
Coulter. First given the name of
Banderita, after the little flag that
flew above Coulter's store, the town
was soon named after Coulter the
merchant. The creek was named
Maxwell honoring Coulter's rival
after a flip of a coin. Downtown
Coulterville, contained in one of the
two historic districts in Mariposa
County, is anchored by the threestory
Hotel Jeffery, fully restored
and available on a daily basis. Many
other gold rush era buildings remain
in spite of a number of fires that
decimated the town. Coulterville has
the reputation of being one of the
most unspoiled historic mining
camps in the Mother Lode.
Mariposa
The county seat of Mariposa
County from 1851 on contains two
excellent museums. First the
Mariposa Museum and History
Center is one of the finest small
venues, which has both inside and
outside displays of artifacts of the
Gold Rush Era. The working stamp
mill, examples of mining equipment,
a collection of carriages and wagons,
and a Native American area
are all in and around the main building.
On the grounds are the Counts
History Center Stamp Mill
House, once owned by a county
official, and the building that once
housed the Mariposa Gazette,
Visit our website for weekly ad and recipes
California's oldest weekly newspa-
www.pioneersupermarket.com
per of continuous publication. Inside
is a full-sized replica of a mining
5034 Coakley Circle, Mariposa, CA 95338
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