Mormon Bar - California Ghost Town

MORMON BAR

NAME: Mormon Bar
COUNTY: Mariposa
ROADS: 2WD
GRID #(see map): 3
CLIMATE: Warm winter, mild summer
BEST TIME TO VISIT: Anytime.

COMMENTS: Just south of Mariposa, Semi-ghost.
REMAINS: Many original buildings.

It is said the Mormon Bar area is neglected by historians. The reason dates back to a human skull unearthed while a Mrs. Ellison was planting tomatoes in her garden. An archeologist from Sacramento, after examining the skull and the area, stated that all evidence pointed to a large village once existed here, at least several hundred years before the white man came to the area. Mrs. Ellison continued to unearth relics of a bygone era but refused to allow them to be examined for further classification. The Mormon Bar area is technically not in the Mother Lode, thereby giving the town of Mariposa the distinction of being the southern terminus of the Mother Lode. Submitted by Henry Chenowith.	Mormon Bar in 1854 Courtesy Chris Geigle

It is said the Mormon Bar area is neglected by historians. The reason dates back to a human skull unearthed while a Mrs. Ellison was planting tomatoes in her garden. An archeologist from Sacramento, after examining the skull and the area, stated that all evidence pointed to a large village once existed here, at least several hundred years before the white man came to the area. Mrs. Ellison continued to unearth relics of a bygone era but refused to allow them to be examined for further classification. The Mormon Bar area is technically not in the Mother Lode, thereby giving the town of Mariposa the distinction of being the southern terminus of the Mother Lode. Submitted by Henry Chenowith.

Mormon Bar in 1854
Courtesy Chris Geigle

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