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May162015

Calaveras Big Trees State Park, California’s first giant sequoias tourist attraction

Calaveras Big Trees State Park is considered California’s longest continuously operated tourist facility since 1853 when people starting visiting the Sierra foothills to see the Calaveras giant sequoia trees, the largest trees on Earth. Calaveras Big Trees State Park The Discovery Tree Augustus T. Dowd made note of a large tree in the mid-Sierra mountain…

Jun022014

Small towns, old hotels and new wineries in Calaveras County

by Ric Garrido

As part of a media tour two weeks ago, I had the opportunity to visit several family-run wineries for tastings and I photographed several historic hotels and hotels in historic buildings in different towns across the Gold Country of Highway 49. Many of the hotels are buildings that date back to the 1850s. Many of…