Stoutenburg, California
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Stoutenburg is a former settlement in Calaveras County
, California
, along Coyote Creek near Murphys
. The California Gold Rush
settlement was named for a German miner.
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...
, along Coyote Creek near Murphys
Murphys, California
Murphys is a census-designated place in Calaveras County, California, United States...
. The California Gold Rush
California Gold Rush
The California Gold Rush began on January 24, 1848, when gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California. The first to hear confirmed information of the gold rush were the people in Oregon, the Sandwich Islands , and Latin America, who were the first to start flocking to...
settlement was named for a German miner.