Priest, California Explained

Priest, also known as Priest Station or Priest's Station, is an unincorporated locality 1miles southwest of Big Oak Flat in Tuolumne County, California.[1] [2] [3] It is the eastern terminus of the New Priest Grade and the Old Priest Grade.

The site was established as a stagecoach stop and hotel in 1849; the hotel did good business until it was destroyed in a wildfire in 1926. A motel was later built on the site, replaced by a store and cafe in 2007.[4]

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37.8142°N -120.2728°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Priest Populated Place Profile. 5 June 2013. Home Town Locator.
  2. Web site: Priest, United States. ITA. 5 June 2013.
  3. 252770 . Priest.
  4. News: Holland . John . 9 Nov 2009 . Family business (again): Priest Station Cafe & Store opens at site of 1850s hotel . The Modesto Bee . Modesto, CA . 9 Dec 2023.