Brownsville, Calaveras County, California
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Brownsville is a former settlement in Calaveras County
, California
, about 1 mile (1.6 km) east of Murphys
. Brownsville, named for Alfred Brown, operated as a mining camp in the 1850s
and 1860s
.
Calaveras County, California
Calaveras County is a county located in the Gold Country of the U.S. state of California. Calaveras is the Spanish word for skulls; the county was reportedly named for the remains of Native Americans discovered by the Spanish explorer Captain Gabriel Moraga. As of the 2010 census, the county had a...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, about 1 mile (1.6 km) east of Murphys
Murphys, California
Murphys is a census-designated place in Calaveras County, California, United States...
. Brownsville, named for Alfred Brown, operated as a mining camp in the 1850s
1850s
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and 1860s
1860s
The 1860s were an extremely turbulent decade with numerous cultural, social, and political upheavals in Europe and America. Revolutions were prevalent in Germany and the Ottoman Empire...
.