Copperopolis City Historical Markers |
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296 Historical Marker
Copperopolis, W. K. Reed and Thomas McCarty discovered copper here in 1860. The mines were utilized during the Civil War, when they were the principal copper producing section of the United States, and World Wars I and II.,
CA,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
-120° 37' 44.8824",
7° 0' 0"
Copperopolis General Interest Copperopolis City Historical MarkerW. K. Reed and Thomas McCarty discovered copper here in 1860. The mines were utilized during the Civil War, when they were the principal copper produc... [click for more]
O’Byrne FerryIn 1852 a chain cable bridge replaced the ferries that once crossed here, to be supplanted in its turn by a covered truss structure in 1862. Some writ... [click for more]
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