Cherokee California in Butte county, a 1850's Gold town. just off highway 70 near Oroville,Ca. 95965
Spring Time on Table Mountain THE Cherokee Story part1 Part2 Part3
Cherokee Museum Visit Museum Here
Miners store
Painting of Cherokee 1880
Caboose next to Museum & saloon.
Wells
Fargo and assay office burned 1947.
Miner's home next to Wells Fargo
Old
Post Office next door to Miner's home.
State Historical Marker, first diamonds in U.S. were found here
while mining for gold. Town had over 1000 residents at one time. Most of the town was
destroyed by fire in 1947.
President
Hayes Hall
Whats
left of the blacksmith shop
Cherokee
School built 1825
School Bell in front of school
View of Table Mountain from across the street from the school
house.
. Sugar
loaf mountain
Effects of hydrolicing
click on thumbnail.
Cemetery
started in1856. Vinton family crypt.
Venton home site today
Jenkin
Morgan lost 2 wives, 1872 &1879 both 23.
The Morgan home site today
The
Jones lost 2 sons 1885 age6 1890 age9.
Thomas McDaniel 1869 age 11 Life was hard and
short in Cherokee in the 1800's But is a beautiful place to retire in the new Millennium
Return to The Rockin Cherokee Ranch