Sonora (California) Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
city and county seat of Tuolumne County, California, United States
About Sonora (California)
Sonora was founded as a gold mining camp by settlers from back east. Gold had been discovered in Woods Creek, in the summer of 1848 near what is nowJamestown. The name Sonora was derived from the Mexican miners who named the town after their native homeland. The City of Sonora was incorporated in 1851 primarily as a means of creating a badly-needed hospital. Many miners were sick, and dying from scurvy, because they never learnt the importance of eating fresh vegetables and fruits in their diets. Sonora became the business center (and county seat of Tuolumne County) for the mines around the county and, indeed, for the entire Southern Mines region south ofPlacerville. When the placer mines began to give out in the 1860s, Sonora survived in part because it had become a business center. I
Top Attractions in Sonora (California)
Explore the best things to see and do in Sonora (California):
- ★Opera Hall
- ★The Red Church
- ★Tuolumne County Courthouse
- ★Tuolumne County Historical Museum
Where to Stay in Sonora (California)
- 🏨Bradford Place
- 🏨Country Inn Sonora
- 🏨Sonora Inn
- 🏨The Inn on Knowles Hill
Sonora (California) Travel Guide Sections
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