On La Grange Road at Yosemite Boulevard (California Route 132), on the right on La Grange Road.
The township of La Grange, French for "The Barn," was established in 1852 near the Tuolumne River. By 1853 French, Chinese, Mexicans, Spanish and Americans were here to mine gold, farm and ranch. About 5,000 people lived in the area. In 1854 . . . — — Map (db m94797) HM
On Yosemite Boulevard (State Highway 132), on the left when traveling east.
This area has seen four phases of mining – placer, tunneling, hydraulic, and dredging. This bucket, one of a chain of 100, holds 12 c.f. and is from one of the worlds largest dredges. The Tuolumne Gold Dredging Co. started operation of the . . . — — Map (db m94799) HM
On Yosemite Boulevard (Highway 132), on the left when traveling east.
French settlers originally established the community of French Bar along the Tuolumne River in 1850. After the destructive floods of 1851-52, citizens of French Bar relocated one mile upstream above the flood plain. Renamed La Grange, the new town . . . — — Map (db m42578) HM
On Lake Road south of Yosemite Boulevard (California Highway 132), on the left when traveling south.
In this stand of eucalyptus trees lie the remains of the La Grange Gold Dredge Co. Camp. Here unmarried miners lived in a small community while they operated huge dredging machines near and on the Tuolumne River. The camp was abandoned in 1951 when . . . — — Map (db m46325) HM
On Yosemite Boulevard (State Highway 132), on the right when traveling east.
The original saloon on this site burned on January 13, 1897 as a result of a fire in the adjacent Coulter Hotel. The saloon owner Louis Levaggi, erected the present building the same year for 13,000. It was known as the “Metropolitan”. . . . — — Map (db m42575) HM
On Yosemite Boulevard (California Route 132), on the right when traveling east.
This is one of the oldest continuously occupied buildings in LaGrange. In 1857, Lodge #65 of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of California was formed.
The Odd Fellows purchased the two story jail from the County in 1862 and it was used for . . . — — Map (db m94798) HM
Near Flota Road west of Yosemite Boulevard (California Highway 132), on the right when traveling west.
Built in 1852 by the French inhabitants of the Township of La Grange and dedicated by the Catholic Church in 1854 as a mission.
It is the first church of any denomination in Stanislaus County. — — Map (db m42565) HM
On Yosemite Boulevard (State Highway 132), on the left when traveling east.
First adobe building
in La Grange
Built prior to 1850
Used for post office and later
stables for horses that
brought freight in from Waterford. — — Map (db m42585) HM
On Yosemite Boulevard (State Highway 132), on the left when traveling east.
Formerly at the foot of Main Street. Replaced one built in 1858, which burned in June, 1900. A few Clampers may have slept here, but Clampers helped restore this building in 1976. — — Map (db m42596) HM
On Flota Road west of Yosemite Boulevard (California Highway 132), on the left when traveling west.
This building, circa 1875, replaced the Branch District School that was built of rough lumber in 1855. Typical of the era, it is one room with handmade furnishings, porch and bell tower. A native of Iowa, C. C. Wright came here and began teaching in . . . — — Map (db m42562) HM
On County Route J59, 2 miles south of California Highway 132, on the right when traveling south.
Behind this monument rests the historic Tuolumne Gold Dredge which started operation at Patricksville, just east of this location, on June 15, 1938. A Walter Johnson No. 52 Model, it floated on a self-created pond of water. It was larger than a . . . — — Map (db m7323) HM
