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Colorful Men and Women of the Mother Lode
Colorful Men and Women of the Mother Lode Author:Janet Irene Atkinson 15 extraordinary men and women made contributions to the Mother Lode which forever changed its history. — Introduction — Dr. Albert Michelson, first American winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics, 1907, Murphys — Glen Bell, Taco Bell founder, Westside and Cherry Valley Railroad Historic Theme Park, Tuolumne — Otheto Weston, artist, preservationist, C... more »olumbia
Melvin Belli, attorney, Sorora
Clarence Ayers, architect, Sonora
Annie Kline Rikert, founder, the Stockton Tuolumne Railroad, Jamestown
John Studebaker, automobile manufacturer, Placerville
Michel Goldwater and Barry Goldwater, store owner, Sonora
William Murphy, inventor of the Murphey Bed, Columbia
Sonora's Cleopatra, siren Sonora
Albert Francisco, founder of the Union Democrat, Sonora
Captain William Nevills, owner of the Rawhide Mine, hotel builder, Jamestown, Sonora