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Welcome to the Mokelumne Hill Home page. The Mokelumne Hill Home page provides as much information as possible on Mokelumne Hill. Knowing Mokelumne Hill’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Mokelumne Hill’s Home page, you will also find Mokelumne Hill’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Mokelumne Hill has a population of 484. 26.4% of Mokelumne Hill’s inhabitants are Male, and 73.6 are female. 70.5% of Mokelumne Hill is married and 93.8% own their own home. The Average Home price is $322,600. Household median income in Mokelumne Hill is $71,125, and the individual median income is $34,497. Mokelumne Hill’s Ethnic is the following: White(69%), Black(31%), Hispanic(5.2%).


Mokelumne Hill was one of the richest gold mining towns in California. Founded in 1848 by a group of Oregonians, the placers were so rich that the miners risked starvation rather than head to Stockton to replenish their supplies (one finally did and made it rich by becoming a merchant). Soon after, gold was discovered in the nearby hills, so much so that miners were restricted to claims of 16 square feet (1.5 m2), and yet many of those claims were reported to have paid up to $20,000. By 1850 the town was one of the largest in the area.


Its population reached as high as 15,000 with people of all nationalities, particularly Americans, Frenchmen, Germans, Spaniards, Chileans, Mexicans, and Chinese. Besides racial tensions, the easy gold attracted criminal elements, and the town gained a reputation as one of the bawdiest in the area. Notorious bandit Joaquin Murrieta is said to have been a frequent visitor to the gambling venues.


Violence was a major problem as well. In 1851, there was at least one homicide a week for seventeen consecutive weeks. A June, 1851, incident in Mokelumne Hill has been dubbed California's French Revolution, or French War, by some historians. The previous year the State Legislature had passed the Foreign Miners' Tax Act of 1850.


Frenchmen in the area revolted and refused to pay the tax. The Sheriff, also the Tax Collector, summoned a large posse to enforce the act, but the Frenchmen raised the French flag and proclaimed their independence. This prompted the Governor to direct a battalion of militia, commanded by William D. Bradshaw, to suppress the revolt.


Disaster was averted when Bradshaw negotiated with the Frenchmen to stand down.Also in 1851, the first post office was established in the town, and in 1852 the town became the county seat. In the same year a vigilance committee was formed and the worst of the crime was eliminated. By the 1860s the gold started to run out and the town's population and importance diminished.


When San Andreas became the new county seat in 1866, Mokelumne Hill's status declined even further. The town today is a quiet place, with much tourism due to its historic status. From 1959–1977 Mokelumne Hill was home to Lucile S. Davidson, known as "the shoe lady of Mokelumne Hill". She was in The Stockton 'Record' and later in the Guinness Book of World Records for having the largest privately owned glass shoe collection in the world. Mokelumne Hill is registered as California Historical Landmark #269.


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