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  • Tags: Mariposa County (Calif.) -- Biography

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Three women standing in road beside automobile; wearing dresses, hats, and gloves; with two buildings and windmill in distance, Hornitos, Calif., 1950s; left to right, Josephine Hamilton, Leola Rogers, Hornitos postmistress, and Amelia Williams.

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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.

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Queen of Mariposa and others on decorated platform in front of hotel on Main Street, during '49 Fiesta celebration, Mariposa, Calif., circa 1931; left to right, Pearl Carter, unidentified girl, Kay Dexter, Abbott Otto, and Dorothy Apperson, seated.

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Brother and sister Pete and Pearl Carter wearing bathing suits, standing in meadow near Carter Road, Mariposa, Calif., 1924.

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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.

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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.

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Group of nine people standing and seated inside store at Hornitos, Calif., circa 1945; left to right front row, Zoera Butterfield, Grace Cavagnaro, Jennie Gagliardo, Mrs. Shockey; left to right back row, Everett Bagby, Arthur Bauer, Thomas Coakley,…

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Sixteen men and one dog standing and seated in front of Hornitos Saloon, Hornitos, Calif., 1890; names listed left to right, first row, second row (presumed to be bottom row, top row).

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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.
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