John Calhoun Johnson's Rancho
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N 38° 44.982 W 120° 42.540
10S E 699089 N 4291493
E Clampus Vitus plaque near the first tee at the Apple Mountain Golf Resort.
Waymark Code: WM19ZN7
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 05/20/2024
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The plaque reads:
JOHN CALHOUN JOHNSON'S RANCHO
JOHNSON, A YOUNG ATTORNEY KNOWN AS COLONEL OR "COCKEYED EMIGRATED FROM OHIO IN THE SPRING OF 1849 BY AUGUST HE FOUND A PERFECT SITE ON 320 ACRES HERE FOR HIS FARM. HIS HOME WAS KNOWN AS THE SIX MILE HOUSE, A WAY STATION. MANY WEARY EMIGRANTS RECORDED HIS RANCHO AS THE FIRST HOUSE THEY SAW SINCE CROSSING THE PLAINS. HE IS KNOWN FOR THE ROUTE HE DISCOVERED FROM CARSON CITY TO PLACERVILLE IN 1852 CALLED "JOHNSON'S CUTOFF", NOW US HIGHWAY 50. IN 1850-1851, JOHNSON SERVED AS ADJUTANT WITH THE STATE MILITIA DURING THE EL DORADO INDIAN WARS, WITH HIS RANCHO AS HEADQUARTERS. JOHNSON ALSO WAS THE FIRST TO CARRY MAIL OVER THE SIERRAS AND FIRST TREASURER OF EL DORADO COUNTY. IN 1855 HE SERVED AS STATE ASSEMBLYMAN. JOHNSON OPERATED A SAWMILL ON THIS SITE. OVER THE YEARS, MANY MINES WERE LOCATED ON HIS RANCHO. IN 1874, HE SOLD HIS RANCHO AND MOVED TO ARIZONA TERRITORY NEAR TOMBSTONE, WHERE HE WAS KILLED BY APACHES, 13 SEPTEMBER 1876.
DEDICATED 10 MAY 2014, THE YEAR OF OUR ORDER 6019.
GROWLERSBURG CHAPTER #86, YERBA BUENA CHAPTER #1,
JAMES MARSHALL OUTPOST 149, CREDO QUIA ABSURDUM.
E CLAMPUS VITUS
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