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 Brief History:

 Amador County was created by the California Legislature on May 11, 1854, from parts of Calaveras and El Dorado counties.
 It was organized on July 3, 1854. In 1864, part of the county's territory was given to Alpine County.

 The county is named for José María Amador, a soldier, rancher, and miner, born in San Francisco in 1794,[9] the son of
 Sergeant Pedro Amador (a Spanish soldier who settled in California in 1771) and younger brother to Sinforosa Amador.

 In 1848, Jose Maria Amador, with several Native Americans, established a successful gold mining camp near the present
 town of Amador City. In Spanish, the word amador means "one who loves". Some of the Mother Lode's most successful gold
 mines were located in Amador County, including the Kennedy, Argonaut, and Keystone.

 There are numerous gold mines in Amador County including the Argonaut Mine, the Kennedy Mine, the Central Eureka, and
 the Lincoln. The Kennedy Mine in Jackson was the deepest gold mine of its time. The federal government closed all of the
 Mother Lode's mines in 1942 because they were considered non-essential to the war effort.





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                    State Coordinator:  Bob Jenkins
     Assistant State Coordinator:
 Karen De Groote


 The CAGenWeb Project sincerely thanks the dedicated volunteers who devoted time and effort toward making
 this site a  successful one:

   Art Michaelis (1996 - 2003)
   Lewis M. Ruddick (2003 - 2017)






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