Location:

Volcano, Amador Co., CA

At north end of the North-South main street in a shelter

Type:

6-pdr, bronze field gun, M1835, Cast 1837, "Old Abe"

Reported by:

Stark list & Armistead 1998
Kirby Morgan 1999

Status:

___ Completed

___ Submitted

___ Under Assessment

_X_ Needs Investigation

Notes:

A real historical piece. It was brought from San Francisco in a hearse and was a real surprise to the Confederate faction when they confronted the Union group.

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Location:

Volcano, Amador Co., CA

Intersection of Main St. & Consolation St.

Type:

Plaque - California State Historical Landmark No. 29

Reported by:

Tad D. Campbell, Camp 4, May 2002

Status:

___ Completed

___ Submitted

___ Under Assessment

_X_ Needs Investigation

Notes:

NO. 29 VOLCANO - The spot was discovered in 1848 by Colonel Stevenson's men, who mined Soldiers Gulch in 1849. By 1853 the flats and gulches swarmed with men who named them picturesquely. Hydraulic operations, begun in 1855, brought thousands of fortune seekers to form a town of 17 hotels, a library, a theater, and courts of quick justice. During the Civil War, Volcano's gold served the Union - Volcano Blues smuggled the cannon 'Old Abe' in by hearse to quell rebels.

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