Greasertown, California Explained

Greasertown is a former gold rush settlement in Calaveras County, 4miles west of San Andreas, on the west side of the Calaveras River.[1] [2] [3] It was first mentioned in a newspaper in 1851.[4] When it caught fire the next year, "Spanish incendiaries" were blamed which so angered the locals that they drove out all the Hispanics they could find.[5] [6] However, it survived at least until 1868. It was submerged when the first Hogan Dam on the Calaveras River was built in the late 1920s.[7] Greasertown was not renamed Petersburg; they were separate communities a mile apart.[8] [9] Petersburg was founded in 1858.[10]

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  1. News: January 21, 1934 . Those Lost Camps . The Oakland Tribune . Page 9, column 3.
  2. News: Maness . Charity . November 10, 2015 . Petersburg stood in zone inundated by old Hogan dam . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20240218041847/https://www.calaverasenterprise.com/articles/news/petersburg-stood-in-zone-inundated-by-old-hogan-dam/ . February 18, 2024 . December 31, 2015 . Calaveras Enterprise.
  3. Web site: 1904 County Map . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240218045410/https://d2blwilx4xw5sk.cloudfront.net/a01359b3-d87f-41ae-9b29-d0ee8a9c5de6/b0f3f883-e49f-43ee-9b1f-2ff73bf19275/1904%20County%20Map%20FS%20Coll%20-002.jpg?response-content-disposition=attachment%3B%20filename%3D%221904%20County%20Map%20FS%20Coll%20-002.jpg%22%3B%20filename%2A%3DUTF-8%27%271904%2520County%2520Map%2520FS%2520Coll%2520-002.jpg&response-content-type=image%2Fjpeg&Expires=2147483647&Signature=XxIrswh7ct2KOPl2PVO2nTGtzAJSi7ko5ndP1iQ1IZJ5fefXbsxboQFfMSO10Oah9MSz0cEqTpe~coEdoEp6M-u2MhsRAoykk~6KBcyT-KAN-F9vU6NxYfBobYkdsu2~vJndgcLZa9PTLkcES4sqoAbXojmveFJOuiucXpbTf8R5H-QIM3KhnsTI~mmyUU9OLsWB4TU4o3aotGvtNpio0sQbMe2Q0buyO9LTNxbBDcDU3UuV0mnUT-RkOytTatG5OS7t91QLDVjV81FH09vyJqDXOf0z9K~yRdzQN0xJhq7CnwEG6HMfAasuWEnbmyo50w70Fiy-c3dxuNadh8DaWw__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAJ5IHCXOL4TBJNRUA&DO-NOT-COPY-THIS-URL . February 18, 2024 . 2024-02-18 . Calaveras Heritage Council . en.
  4. News: December 1, 1851 . From the Interior . February 17, 2024 . The Sacramento Daily Union . Page 2, column 3. . February 18, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240218060032/https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SDU18511201.2.3 . dead .
  5. News: Fire at Greasertown . February 17, 2024 . The San Joaquin Republican . Page 2, column 3..
  6. News: September 20, 1852 . Expulsion . February 17, 2024 . The Daily Alta California . Page one, center column..
  7. Book: Isetti, Ronald Eugene . Competing voices : a critical history of Stockton, California . 2019 . Outskirts Press . 978-1-9772-1483-6 . [Denver, Colorado] . 286 . 1119604979.
  8. Web site: July 1957 . Las Calaveras; Quarterly Bulletin of the Calaveras County Historical Society . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240218044144/https://www.historicalcalaveras.com/_files/ugd/f6d3c3_e9fe2b85908f48ce83cf6b3127c2f63f.pdf?index=true . February 18, 2024 . February 18, 2024 . Calaveras County Historical Society and Museums.
  9. News: 1858-12-18 . W. C. Mills selling his store at Greasertown . live . https://archive.today/20240218052642/https://www.newspapers.com/article/san-andreas-independent-w-c-mills-sell/141353900/ . February 18, 2024 . 2024-02-18 . San Andreas Independent . 6.
  10. News: 1928-04-11 . Establish New Mining Camp . live . https://archive.today/20240218055742/https://www.newspapers.com/article/stockton-independent-establish-new-minin/141355389/ . February 18, 2024 . 2024-02-18 . Stockton Independent . 4.

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