Tales of the Haunted Motherlode – The Calaveras County Museum

Calaveras County Historical Society and Museums · November 19, 2025

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Framing local history and displacement

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Unidentified speaker introduced the Foothills' Gold Rush history and said mainstream school lessons omit the centuries-long Native American presence and subsequent displacement during the 19th-century rush.

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Staff and volunteers at the Calaveras County Historical Society described the history of their downtown museum complex and recounted repeated staff and visitor reports of unexplained phenomena tied to specific rooms, artifacts and historical incidents; speakers cited executions, a 1903 murder, and moving objects as recurring experiences.

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