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California Historical Landmarks in Tuolumne County
 
 
California Landmark 140
Wells Fargo Express Company Building
Southwest Corner of Main Street and Solinsky Alley
Chinese Camp
Wells Fargo Express Company Ruins, Chinese Camp, California
17 December 2006
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Wells Fargo Express Company Building

This building, erected in 1849 by the Walkerly brothers, was subsequently owned by the Morris brothers. It housed a general merchandise store in connection with the office of Adams Express Company, predecessor of Wells Fargo & Company. The original express agents were Sol Miller, C. W. H. Solinsky, and the Morris brothers.

Citation from California Office of Historic Preservation

Nothing remains of the Wells Fargo Express Company Building save fragmentary brick walls.

No plaque marks the location.

Across Main Street stands the decommissioned and vacant Post Office which was built in 1854 and served Chinese Camp well into the 20th Century. On the front exterior wall is a plaque:

To Honor
EDDIE WEBB

Born December 17, 1880, in Snelling, Calif. One of the last of the stage drivers, Eddie made the haul from Chinese Camp to the Coulterville, Groveland areas between 1898-1902 and drove the first mail stage over the new Shawmut Road.

Dedicated By
E Clampus Vitus
May 6, 1961

 
For more information about Chinese Camp, please see
California Landmark 423.
 
Chinese Camp Post Office, California
Old Post Office in Chinese Camp
17 December 2006
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