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18,{8 by Col. George F. James, one of the early mining prospectors in this settlement.

At 1O:0O 4.M., the party reached Sonora, the county seat of Tuolumne County, whose mining activity dates back to 1850. Sonora, today, is a prosperous and attractive city, with lumber, cattle and ranching as its chief industries. "But above Sonora begin the bars and flats that yielded $55,000,000 in gold." At Sonora a short stop of twenty minutes was made, where the party was met by members of the Sonora Chamber of Commerce.

At 10:30 A.M. the party arrived at Columbia, where they assembled at Recreation Park to listen to G. P. Morgan, Tuolumne County Superintendent of Schools, who made an excellent address on the early mining activities of Columbia and the surrounding country. He also recited many interesting reminiscences of some of the prominent characters of the camp. Columbia, with a population of 15,000 in the early 50's, today has a population of about 30O. The town shows very little change, and except for the fact that many of its buildings are vacant, its streets look the same as during the early days.

Following Mr. Morgan's address, a short stop was made in Columbia to make an inspection of the town. A visit rvas made to the old Wells-Fargo Express Company office, where Tom Conlon, who acted here as agent for the company for over thirty years, explained to the party the many interesting exhibits of the office. Mr. Conlon is 68 years of age, and was appointed agent for the Wells-Fargo Com-

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Bound in blue cloth, Price 3.5O pany in 1884. In the office is the old safe through which millions of dollars have passed, also the gold:weighing scales which have seen over 7O years of service and on which over $60,000,000 of gold wai measured. Decorating the walls of the office were many interesting pictures reminiscent of the early days, among which was a picture of a sawmill operated by Smith and Strong at Columbia in 1852. Owing to lack of business, Mr. Conlon states that the office was closed in 1914.

Several miles to the west, the party passed through Tuttletown, which is one of the oldest and best known mining towns of the Mother Lode. It received its name from Judge Tuttle, who lvas the 6rst judge of Tuttletown. Both Bret Harte and Mark Twain spent considerable time here.

Mark Twain's Cabin enjoyable hour and a half for lunch. The Committee furnished an excellent box lunch, consisting of sandwiches, fruit, relishes, cakes and candy. The Tuolumne Chamber of Commerce furnished coffee, soft drinks and ice cream. at of

Near Tuttletown is Jackass Hill, where Mark Twain lived for five months with W. R. Gillis and T. R. Stoker. Mr.

Following the luncheon, W. R. Gillis was introduced and he entertained the party for neady a half hour, reciting many of his reminiscences of Mark Twain. His talk was greatly enjoyed by everybody, especially his reference of Mark Twain's fencing duel with a neighbor's goat, in which Mark came out second best.

The original Mark Twain cabin of logs and slabs was destroyed, and the present cabin on exactly the same spot and built to conform to the original cabin was constructed under the direction of Mr. Gillis. Mark Twain arrived at Jackass Hill on November 4, 1864, and during his stay here he collected the material for his story, "The Jumping Frog of Calaveras."

Gillis is still living and healthy and upon their arrival the cabin, he greeted the visitors. He is the custodian the cabin.

The party arrived here about 1:0O P.M. and spent an

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After leaving Mark Twain's cabin, the itinerary leads down the canyon to the Stanislaus River, which is crossed (Continued on Page 36)