While miners worked nearby streams and veins for gold, George W. Coulter served their needs as merchant and hotel proprietor. His first store, established in 1850, was a tent stocked with merchandise hauled in by pack train. Coulter and the town which bears his name prospered, as Coulterville became the business and social capital of this area.

California Registered Historical Landmark no. 332

Plaque placed by the California State Park Commission in cooperation with the Mariposa County Recreation and Parks Commission and the Mariposa County Historical Society, June 6, 1959.