Old Sperry Hotel - Murphys, CA
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N 38° 08.257 W 120° 27.896
10S E 722173 N 4224120
A plaque at the Old Sperry Hotel in Murphys, CA.
Waymark Code: WMRTF6
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 08/02/2016
Views: 3
"This hostelry originally built in 1855 by J. L. Sperry of Sperry Flour fame and his partner John Perry. Among early guests whose names appear on old register are Mark Twain, Horatio Alger, Thomas H. Lipton, Henry Ward Beecher, the Rothchilds General U.S. Grant, and C. E. Bolton (Black Bart). The quaint old hotel, according to tradition, is one referred to in Bret Harte’s “A Night in Wingdam”. Murphy’s Camp founded in early ’49 by John and Daniel Murphy, brothers. Millions of gold taken from Camp and vicinity."
Group that erected the marker: Native Sons of the Golden West
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary: 457 Main Street Murphys, CA USA
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: Not listed
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