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EST. 1870 IT WAS DREAMS OF GOLD DUST DANCING IN HIS HEAD THAT BROUGHT SYLVESTER ECKER TO COARSEGOLD IN THE 1870'S. LAND WAS HOMESTEADED & TRADED FROM THE INDIANS FOR $1 AN ACRE OR 10 COWS FOR 100 ACRES.TOTAL ACREAGE WAS ESTIMATED AT ABOUT 4100 ACRES. A VARIETY OF LIVESTOCK WAS RAISED BY ECKER, BUT MOST NOTABLE WERE THE THOUSANDS OF HOGS THAT WERE RAISED & DRIVEN BY FOOT TO THEIR DESTINY IN SAN FRANCISCO TO THE CHINESE MARKET. IN THE 1880'S A HOME WAS BUILT OF LOCAL SUGAR PINE FOR HIS WIFE AND SIX CHILDERN. A FAMILY CEMETERYOVERLOOKED THIS HOME. IN 1913 OTTO, SYLVESTER'S SON DONATED 2 ACRES OF THE LAND TO BUILD THE PICAYUNE SCHOOL. J.B. OVERSTREET WOULD LIKE TO KEEP THE REMAINING LAND IN THE FAMILY FOREVER. HE CALLS IT "PARADISE." DEDICATED BY E CLAMPUS VITUS GRUB GULCH CHAPTER 41-49 MARCH 8TH 2003 Located at the intersection of Road 417 and Shotgun Lane in Coarsegold, CA right before Sun Mountain Gun Club. |