NoeHill Travels in California
Calaveras County Points of Interest
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6 December 2012
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Grave of Joseph Schachten
Cemetery Lane
Murphys
Cemetery Lane
Murphys
The inscription, incised in a boulder of Chilcoot Pass granite, reads:
A long line skinner, gave dignity to the job. He gave love to his noble animals and they gave to him their best.
In 1889 he delivered the first load of logs to the mines in Angels Camp, the last in 1910.
Men like this built the West