Greasertown is a former gold rush settlement in Calaveras County, 4 miles (6.4 km) west of San Andreas, on the west side of the Calaveras River.[1][2][3] It was first mentioned in a newspaper in 1851.[4] When it caught fire the next year, "Spanish incendiaries" were blamed which so angered the locals that they drove out all the Hispanics they could find.[5][6] However, it survived at least until 1868.[citation needed] It was submerged when the first Hogan Dam on the Calaveras River was built in the late 1920s.[7] Greasertown was not renamed Petersburg; they were separate communities a mile apart.[8][9] Petersburg was founded in 1858.[10]
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edit- ^ "Those Lost Camps". The Oakland Tribune. January 21, 1934. Page 9, column 3.
- ^ Maness, Charity (November 10, 2015). "Petersburg stood in zone inundated by old Hogan dam". Calaveras Enterprise. Archived from the original on February 18, 2024. Retrieved December 31, 2015.
- ^ "1904 County Map". Calaveras Heritage Council. Archived from the original on February 18, 2024. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
- ^ "From the Interior". The Sacramento Daily Union. December 1, 1851. Page 2, column 3. Archived from the original on February 18, 2024. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
- ^ "Fire at Greasertown". The San Joaquin Republican. Page 2, column 3. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
- ^ "Expulsion". The Daily Alta California. September 20, 1852. Page one, center column. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
- ^ Isetti, Ronald Eugene (2019). Competing voices : a critical history of Stockton, California. [Denver, Colorado]: Outskirts Press. p. 286. ISBN 978-1-9772-1483-6. OCLC 1119604979.
- ^ "Las Calaveras; Quarterly Bulletin of the Calaveras County Historical Society" (PDF). Calaveras County Historical Society and Museums. July 1957. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 18, 2024. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
- ^ "W. C. Mills selling his store at Greasertown". San Andreas Independent. 1858-12-18. p. 6. Archived from the original on February 18, 2024. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
- ^ "Establish New Mining Camp". Stockton Independent. 1928-04-11. p. 4. Archived from the original on February 18, 2024. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
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