Tuolumne County Points of Interest
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The inscription on the obelisk reads:
G. C. Bush
Native of New York
Died in Sonora
Oct. 28, 1890
Aged 76 years
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4 December 2012
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Golden Street and Cemetery Lane
Sonora
The marker reads:
Mark Twain Bret Harte Trail
Jacob Richard Stoker
1820-1898
"His heart was finer metal than any gold his shovel ever brought to light". Gallant Mex. War veteran. Fought in principal battles. Came California, '49, Jackass Hill, '50. Built famous cabin, intimately associated there with Mark Twain and Gillis' Bros. Member Tuol. Lodge No. 8, F. & A. M. Just and fair, settled miner's disputes, helped his fellowmen and community. Famed as "Dick Baker", in Twain's "Roughing It". Hero in "Jaybird and the Acorn" , "Burning Shame" etc.
Erected by Tuol. Co. C. of C., Welfare Club, Tuol. Lodge No. 8, F. & A. M.
Mark Twain Bret Harte Trail
Big Oak Flat
Cherokee
Chinese Camp
Groveland
Jamestown
Mark Twain Cabin
Parrott's Ferry
Sawmill Flat
Second Garrote
Shaw's Flat
Sonora
Sonora Pass - Mono Road
Soulsbyville
Springfield
Stoker Grave