http://www.treasuresofthemotherlode.com Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:23:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As California joins ranks with some of the best wineries all over the world, Tuolumne County is no exception. Visitors can sip the pleasures of some of the best wines produced in the region from Ironstone Vineyards, Twisted Oak Winery, to Mt. Brow Winery in Sonora. Our featured winery, Mt. ... http://www.treasuresofthemotherlode.com/mt-brow-winery/ Dodge Ridge Wintersports Area is a ski & snowboard resort located in Tuolumne County , California just 30 miles (48 km) east of Sonora, California off of Highway 108. The resort in located in the Stanislaus National Forest and operates under a special permit from the National Forest Service. Being ... http://www.treasuresofthemotherlode.com/dodge-ridge/ Founded by Mexican miners during the California Gold Rush (to remind them of the state of Sonora, Mexico), Sonora still echoes some of its history through preserved architecture. The journal of William Perkins offers an account of Sonora at the height of the gold rush. [flashvideo file=http://www.treasuresofthemotherlode.com/wp-content/uploads/sonora640x480.flv /] http://www.treasuresofthemotherlode.com/sonora/ The Stanislaus River and environs experienced dramatic changes beginning with the Gold Rush. The site of the reservoir is at the very heart of Gold Country, and development began there with the arrival of the miners in the 1840s. Water was immediately diverted, the riverbeds scoured for gold, and the ... http://www.treasuresofthemotherlode.com/newmelones-lake/ Henry and George Angel were soldiers serving under John C. Frémont during the Mexican-American War. When the California Gold Rush started, they tried their hand at prospecting, but decided they didn't like the labor involved, so they set up a trading post, which became a camp, and eventually a town. ... http://www.treasuresofthemotherlode.com/angels-camp/ Groveland has always been an important stop on the highway to Yosemite but really grew in the early 1900s with the development of the Tuolumne River Hetch-Hetchy water project for the city of San Francisco. Groveland is adjacent to the Stanislaus National Forest and is known for the historic Iron ... http://www.treasuresofthemotherlode.com/groveland/