California Historical Landmarks in Tuolumne County
California Landmark 140
Wells Fargo Express Company Building
Southwest Corner of Main Street and Solinsky Alley
Chinese Camp
17 December 2006 (Click the Photo to Enlarge It)
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.
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.