Name of Plaque Agua Fria
Location of Plaque, Highway / Road No., City and County 4189 Highway 140, Mariposa County
Explain the Design of the Plaque and Base Black granite plaque mounted on a slate rock base.
Date of Dedication April 1, 2000
Name of Dedicating Humbug NGH Ron Wells , E Clampus Vitus – Matuca Chapter 1849
Exact Wording of Plaque
Agua Fria
DISCOVERED BY SONORAN MINERS IN THE EARLY SUMMER OF 1849, IT WAS LOCATED ABOUT A
QUARTER MILE ABOVE THE TWO SPRINGS OF COLD WATER FROM WHICH THE TOWN DERIVED ITS
NAME. AGUA FRIA WAS THE FIRST COUNTY SEAT FROM FEB. 18,1850 TO NOV. 10, 1851.
DURING THIS TIME THE TOWN CONSISTED OF ABOUT A DOZEN STORES, THREE CARD MONTE,
FARO TABLES A BILLIARD ROOM, HOTEL AND BOWLING ALLEY. THE TOWN OF AGUA FRIA SOON
DECLINED, WHEN IN 1852 THE TOWN OF MARIPOSA BECAME THE SEAT OF GOVERNMENT. ON
JUNE 22, 1866 A FIRE BROKE OUT WHICH DESTROYED THE ENTIRE TOWN AND IT WAS NEVER
REBUILT.
DEDICATED BY MATUCA CHAPTER 1849
E CLAMPUS VITUS
APRIL 1, 2000 (6001)
CREDO QUIA ABSURDUM