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California Historical Landmarks in Mariposa County
 
 
California Landmark 670
Mariposa County Courthouse
10th and Bullion Streets
Mariposa
Built 1854
Mariposa County Courthouse
 
Mariposa County Courthouse
19 December 2006
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Mariposa County Courthouse

This mortise-and-tenon Greek Revival courthouse, erected in 1854, is California's oldest court of law and has served continuously as the seat of county government since 1854. During the 19th Century, landmark mining cases setting legal precedent were tried here, and much United States mining law is based on decisions emanating from this historic courthouse.

California Registered Historical Landmark No. 670

Plaque placed by the State Department of Parks and Recreation in cooperation with the Mariposa County Bicentennial, July 3, 1976.

Mariposa County Courthouse
19 December 2006
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A Shrine to Justice

In honor of the Sesquicentennial of the Mariposa County Courthouse and recognition of its continuous use since 1854.

In June 1857 Biddle Boggs vs. Merced Mining Company made legal mining history and the 1861 cases of Moore vs. Smaw and Fremont vs. Flower opened the door for Congress to pass the first federal mining act in 1866.

This Mariposa Monument Dedicated
June 5, 2004 - 6009
By Matuca Chapter 1849
E Clampus Vitus
Credo Quia Absurdum

Mariposa County Courthouse
19 December 2006
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Mariposa County Court House
Erected 1854

In Continuous Use Since Erection

This Marker Placed By
Yosemite Parlor No. 24 N. S. G. W.
Merced
April 21, 1929
Dedicated to the Memory of the Mariposa Pioneers

The Mariposa County Courthouse is also entry #77000306 in the National Register of Historic Places.
 
 
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