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Dete and George Oliver skiing at Badger Pass, Yosemite, 1950s.

Portrait of Samuel Lewis Givens, born in Kentucky 1842; arrived in Mariposa County 1853 with parents Thomas and Catherine Givens, who settled at Texas Ranch, Hornitos, Calif.; Samuel settled at ranch on Bear Creek, Merced County 1878.

Portrait of Eleazar T. Givens, born in Kentucky 1828; arrived in Mariposa County 1850; ranched on Mariposa Creek, Merced County, 1856-1904; son of Thomas and Catherine Givens of Texas Ranch, Hornitos, Calif.

Rock chimney, remnant of a mill structure or smelter near Coulterville, Calif.; built in 1853 of schist, ashes and mud mortar by French miners.

James McCauley and Barbara Wenger McCauley of Yosemite Valley on their wedding day, 1879, standing on porch of Hoeltzel homestead house, Greeley Hill, Calif.; built of logs, covered with wood siding; burned down in 1923.

Portrait of Joseph Bauer; born St. Joseph, Missouri 1849, died Hornitos, Calif. 1943; married Anna Biederman; shown seated, wearing a dark coat and light-colored pants.

Group of twenty people standing in front of building, wearing confirmation dress for St. Catherine's Catholic Church confirmation ceremony; names listed left to right; three unidentified people standing on porch of building.

Group of twenty-eight elementary school students and two adults standing and seated beside Hornitos School, Hornitos Calif., 1950; names listed left to right, front row first.

Mary and Manuel Maria standing in garden, Bear Valley, Calif., circa 1920; Mary wearing calico side-buttoned dress, and Manuel wearing dark suit with vest; both natives of Azores, Portugal.

Group of nineteen students and one adult standing beside Hornitos School, Hornitos, Calif., circa 1911; names listed as written on back of photograph (order unknown).