Tuolumne City Memorial Museum

#7 Shay Locomotive, 60 ton, 3 trucker, built by Lima Locomotive Works in 1903 for West Side Lumber Company.

Tuolumne City Memorial Museum
Established 1948 - Celebrating sixty years of service in 2008
18663 Carter Street at Bay Avenue
Post Office Box 1174
Tuolumne, CA 95379 USA
Telephone (209) 928-3516

www.TuolumneMuseum.org

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California State Historic Landmark NO. 407, "SUMMERSVILLE (TUOLUMNE) - The area's first non-Indian settlers, the Franklin Summers family, arrived in 1854 and built a log cabin a half mile west of this spot, the geographical center of East Belt Placer Gold Rush from 1856 to 1857. In 1858, James Blakely discovered the first quartz lode half a mile east of here and named it 'Eureka'. The mine became the nucleus of the town of Summersville, which was later called Carters and finally became Tuolumne. Other mining towns lively in gold rush days were Long Gulch, two miles south, and Cherokee, two miles north. Location of Historic Landmarker: In island, center of Carter St at intersection with Tuolumne Rd, Tuolumne."

Next Museum Event Saturday August 2. Field Trip to WSLC Camp 24.

The Tuolumne City Memorial Museum, Inc. has accepted a major commitment to interpret the history of Tuolumne Township and give that history meaning to our visitors. We want to encourage people of all ages and backgrounds to become involved in the study of the Tuolumne Township past and to feel pride in the accomplishments of the early men and women pioneers who settled here.

Tuolumne is pronounced "Too-ALL-um-ee". It is a corruption of the Miwok language word "Talmalamne",
which signifies a cluster of either stone or bark-covered wigwams (living quarters).

>> 06-27-2008

Next Event:

Saturday August 2, 2008 at 9 AM
Docent-led Field Trip to
West Side Lumber Company
Camp 24 (near Hull Creek)

www.TuolumneMuseum.org/camp24.htm

Comming soon:

Saturday September 27, 2008
Museum Open House 10 AM to 4 PM
in conjunction with
Smithsonian National Museum Day
and the
Tuolumne County Historical Society.
More info to be announced.
Please check back later.
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click here to view All Museum History	click here to view Museum Mission Statement	click here to join the TCMM Membership Application
click here to view Museum Visiting Hours	click here to view Museum Monthly Meetings	click here to view Museum Gallery Descriptions and WSLC model train layout
click here to view Museum Map and Directions	click here to view Museum Volunteer Information, Opportunities and other important stuff	click here to view Museum Artifact Donation Policy
click here to view Museum Programs, Events and Community Activities	click here to view Museum (u.c.) Historical Photographs	click here to view Museum Business and Professional Memberships
click here to view Links to the History of Central Sierra Miwok Culture	click here to view the History of Summersville, Carters and Tuolumne	click here to view the History of Summersville Pioneer Families
click here to view Tuolumne History Quiz	click here to view Links to Other Sites	click here to view Museum By-laws
Click Here to Enter Museum Store & Gift Shoppe Open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week Holiday and specialty gift Items Featured	click here to view History of the West Side Lumber Company	[sign posted at township limits] [click on photo to enlarge] [click here for demographics]
	click here for TCMM Website Archives	click here to Save The West Side www.WSRestoration.com

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