Name of Plaque Mountain Ranch
Location of Plaque, Highway / Road No., City and County 8861 Whiskey Slide Road, Mountain Ranch, Calaveras County
Explain the Design of the Plaque and Base Black granite plaque mounted on outside wall
Date of Dedication September 13, 2003
Name of Dedicating Humbug NGH Dennis Akin, E Clampus Vitus – Matuca Chapter 1849
2003 NHG Dennis Akin 1988 xNGH Don Snelgrove
Exact Wording of Plaque
Mountain Ranch
THIS BUILDING WAS ORINGINALLY A ONE STORY STONE BUILDING WITH 2 FOOT THICK WALLS
AND A SOD ROFF. THIS STRUCTURE HOUSED A STORE, WAY STATION AND POST OFFICE. THE
SECOND AND THIRD STORIES WERE ADDED IN 1883. THIS LOCATION WAS THE ORIGINAL
MOUNTAN RANCH. MOUNTAIN RANCH WAS ORIGINALLY CALLED EL DORADO, BUT WAS CHANGED
WHEN THE U.S. POSTAL DEPT. REFUSED TO RECOGNIZE IT, AS THERE WAS ALREADY A TOWN
BY THAT NAME. A DEED RECORDFED MARCH 22, 1853 REFERS TO AN EARLIER SALE IN 1852
WHICH WOULD INDICATE IT WAS IN USE OR AT LEAST UNDER CONSTRUCTION WELL BEFORE
THEN. IT HAS BEEN IN THE JOSES FAMILY SINCE 1924 AND IS STILL OPERATED AS A
CATTLE RANCH. DEDICATED BY MATUCA CHAPTER 1849 E CLAMPUS VITUS SEPTEMBER 13,
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