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Murphys, originally Murphys New Diggings then Murphy's Camp, is an unincorporated village located in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains in Calaveras County, California, United States. The population was 2,213 at the 2010 census, up from 2,061 at the 2000 census.
Murphys or Murphy's may refer to: Murphys, California, United States, an unincorporated village Murphys Grammar School, on the National Register of Historic Places; Murphys Hotel, one of the oldest hotels still operating in California, on the National Register of Historic Places; Murphys, former name of Meeks Bay, California, an unincorporated ...
Murphys Grammar School is a historic school building in Murphys, California.Built in 1860, the school was the first public school in Murphys. The school was designed in a vernacular Greek Revival style, which was popular at the time of its construction; its design includes a cornice held up by square pilasters, a pedimented gable, and a cupola over the entrance with its own cornice and square ...
Peter L. Traver Building is a historical building in Murphys, California in Calaveras County. The building was built by Peter L. Traver in 1856. The building is the oldest stone building in Murphys. Being made of stone, built with iron shutters and Peter L. Traver Building placing sand on the roof protected the building from the town's many fires.
At the time of his death in 1881, Dan’s landholdings in California, Nevada, New Mexico and Arizona made him perhaps the largest landowner on the Pacific Coast. The Murphy clan’s pioneering spirit continued as they helped establish Santa Clara University, College of Notre Dame and the cities of San Martin, Morgan Hill, San Jose and Sunnyvale.
The Murphys Hotel in Murphys, California, is one of the oldest hotels still operating in California. [1] First called the Sperry and Perry Hotel, it was opened by James L. Sperry and John Perry on August 20, 1856. [2] The town of Murphys was a popular stopping point along the stagecoach route from Milton to the Calaveras Big Trees. Thought to ...
The site of the Old Mining Camp of Brownsville is a California Historical Landmark on Pennsylvania Gulch Road east of the town of Murphys, California in Calaveras County.The Mining Camp of Brownsville was a California Gold Rush camp in Pennsylvania Gulch in from 1850 to 1870.
List table of the properties and districts — listed on the California Historical Landmarks — within Calaveras County, California. Note: Click the "Map of all coordinates" link to the right to view a Google map of all properties and districts with latitude and longitude coordinates in the table below.