Calaveras County Museum

I left Columbia State Historic Park.

I drove north on historic Hwy 49 through Tuolumne County.

Then crossed into Calaveras County.

The county seat is San Andreas.



My only stop was the Calaveras County Museum.

A great place to learn about outlaw Black Bart.



Bart robbed many Wells Fargo stagecoaches before being caught.

Upstairs are dioramas, including a bark Miwok house.



It's fun just wandering around...

Indian Grinding Rock SHP

I left Black Chasm.

I continued south on Hwy 88.

Next stop:
Indian Grinding Rock State Historic Park.


The Native American roundhouse is a visitor center and museum.



The tribe in this area is known as the Miwok.


The exhibit diligently traces Miwok history during the period of white settlement.



The Miwok built shelters and granaries out of branches and bark.



The discovery of Yosemite by white settlers was disastrous for the Miwok.



Another element to the park are Native American petroglyphs.



A short stroll outside reveals a Miwok Village.



And, the actual grinding rock.