Coarsegold, California
Street Address
31899 Highway 41Coarsegold, CA 93614
Mailing Address
P. O. Box 117Coarsegold, CA 93614
phone: 559-642-4448
web: Coarsegoldhistoricmuseum.com

Admissions

Donation

Staff

Jack Good
phone: 559-642-4242
Mary Lou Jackson
phone: 559-683-0829
Description

Coarsegold Historic Museum is located in a historically rich area of eastern Madera County. Three separate tribes of American Indians are represented here: Chukchansi, Miwok and Mono. This area is the end of the gold chain--the gold highway "49" should end in this region. There was much logging, mining, homesteading and cattle ranching done by the "white man" who came to the area in the mid 1800s. The museum has attempted to show the visitor the area in terms of days gone by. There are three buildings: a "packed adobe" which was a way-station for horse-drawn freight wagons over 100 years ago, a school for the Chukchansi Indian children and a barn (the main museum of artifacts) made of wood the came down the flume in the early 1900s. The Coarsegold Historical Society has produced a book, AS WE WERE TOLD, which is the history of the area told by 102 settlers to the area. The history dates to the early 1900s. ($40 + 3.10 tax; $6 shipping)

History

The Willow Glen property was purchased in the early 1990s because of the historic packed adobe. It will achieve Historic Landmark designation. The Picayune School is on the California Historic Register.

Artifact Collections

Indian, Chinese, gold mining, diarama of blacksmith shop, tack shop, Coarsegold General Store (oldest continuously-run business in Madera County--from 1850), picutre displays of historic Coarsegold and other local towns.

Research Collections

Research materials by historic names and locations. Indexed.

Educational Programs

Docent tour of museum available. Hands on instruction of Indian crafts.

Publications

In-house newsletter twice a year.

"The Roundup"
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free parking

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