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calaveras
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Housing Units (2000): 22946
Land area (2000): 1020.038403 sq. miles (2641.887224 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 16.806094 sq. miles (43.527582 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1036.844497 sq. miles (2685.414806 sq. km)
Located within: California (CA), FIPS 06
Location: 38.167573 N, 120.557245 W
Headwords:
Calaveras, CA
Calaveras County
Calaveras County, CA
Wikipedia
Calavera, the Spanish word for skull, or its plural calaveras, can refer to:
Usage examples of "calaveras".
These included stone tools found in gold-bearing gravels at San Andreas in Calaveras County, Spanish Creek in El Dorado County, and Cherokee in Butte County.
Mattison, the principal owner of the mine on Bald Hill, near Angels Creek in Calaveras County, removed a skull from a layer of gravel 130 feet below the surface.
On July 16, 1866, Whitney presented to the California Academy of Sciences a report on the Calaveras skull, affirming that it was found in Pliocene strata.
During a visit to Calaveras County, he gathered testimony from some people who were acquainted with Mr.
Some testimony supporting this conclusion comes from persons who examined the matrix of pebbles and earth in which the Calaveras skull had been discovered.
Whitney, in his original description of the fossil, observed that the Calaveras skull was highly fossilized.
Can it really be said with certainty that the Calaveras skull was either genuine or a hoax?
It should, however, be kept in mind that the Calaveras skull was not an isolated discovery.
In light of this, the Calaveras skull cannot be dismissed without the most careful consideration.
On July 16,1866, Whitney presented to the California Academy of Sciences a report on the Calaveras skull, affirming that it was found in Pliocene strata.
The one-time mining king, the most redoubtable poker player of Calaveras County, permitted himself a momentary twinkle of his eyes.