Here is a current map of Calaveras County showing locations of towns and communities.

This extraordinary map of 1855 shows details of Northern Calaveras County along the route of the newly constructed Mokelumne Hill Campo Seco ditch,  stretching from the South Fork of the Mokelumne River near Glencoe to Campo Seco.  Included are roads, communities, ditches, reservoirs, and named gulches,  mines, and ranches. Click on the link below and enlarge map, moving to your area of interest.

Land ownership in the Gold Rush communities in most cases was vested in the federal government until 1867, when a law was passed to resolve the question of private land ownership. The state also passed enabling legislation allowing for ownership to be finally established - but all of this in the years 1867-1873. Until that time all ownership of land in Mokelumne Hill was only squatter's rights. A…

Sanborn Fire Insurance maps of towns and cities throughout the United States were produced for insurance underwriters who needed to know the details of a building and its surroundings in order to assess risks and set rates. Most of these date to after 1884 when the Library of Congress established new copyright requirements. The maps show a wealth of information about buildings including materials…

The legend on the 1904 map of Calaveras County says it all: