Mariposa County History by Leroy Radanovich
It is time for me to write the History of Mariposa County as I know it. Most of the items that I write will appear in the Sierra Sun Times at goldrushcam.com. But here, on my blog, I will place each item together so that they always appear together and form a text. Many of the photographs that would usually accompany such test are contained in mY Arcadia book-Mariposa County- available at many places in Mariposa and Yosemite. Also, other books of history containing many photographs incluide, Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, and Yosemite Valley Railroad. All published by Arcadia.
My text is going to be arranged a little different that one would usually expect. The story will be influenced by the many photographs I have collected and will be centered on the important characters of Mariposa County History. For example the first I choose to explore is Carlton E. Watkins. He was the San Francisco Photographer who was hired by Treanor Park, partner of Fremont, to photograph the assets of the Fremont Grant in l860. The 52 or so photographs that were taken covered the towns, mines and countyside of the Fremont Grant and give us a excellent understanding of the environment that men had to work in the first days of Fremont’s development. From time to time I will add other photographs to the text appearing here and in the Suntimes to try to give a good understanding of the happenings from the first of Mariposa County.
