Thanks Tom- Sharon and I are going to be building pages for the various historical sites and communites of Mariposa County=- We would like to include this article for the Agua Fria site------ Carolyn Thomas Hilk wrote: > This is from the my book the Gleanings from the Mariposa County > Newspapers: The Early Year 1863 - 1879. > > AGUA FRIA > Mariposa Gazette, June 23, 1866 > > Lower Agua Fria Destroyed by Fire. > > Yesterday morning, about 2 o'clock, the town of Lower Agua Fria was > entirely consumed by fire. The town was built of the most combustible > material, and when the fire commenced it spread with such rapidity that > it was impossible to do anything. The fire first appeared in the Chinese > Church, and was undoubtedly the work of an incendiary. About 75 > buildings composed the town, all of which, excepting Mr. Leverone's > house, were entirely destroyed. Mr. Egenhoff's loss was from $6,000 to > $7,000–insured for $3,000; Gossner & Co. Brewery, $9,000–insured for > $3,000; Geo. Bertken, loss, $1,000 – insured for $600; Stienberger, > loss, $1,000. > > -- > Thomas and Paulette Hilk > 1725 Wildwood Ct. > Merced, CA. 95340 > > E-mail address: paulette@elite.net > > ==== CAMARIPO Mailing List ==== > The California GenWeb Project: > http://www.cagenweb.com/