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Major Savage (of Mariposa Battalion) Historic Porcelain Sign.

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Western Americana Start Price:150.00 USD Estimated At:300.00 - 700.00 USD
Major Savage (of Mariposa Battalion) Historic Porcelain Sign.
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Savage established a own trading posts on Mariposa Creek where he traded for gold with the local tribes. In October 1850, he traveled to San Francisco with a band of Indians, and was said to have rolled a barrel full of gold dust through the lobby of the hotel where he was staying. When he returned to his post on the Fresno River, he found it had been raided and his employees killed by some of the tribesmen he had been trading with. When local militia failed to quell the uprising of the tribes, the governor of California, John McDougall put Savage at the head of a unit of State Militia called the Mariposa Battalion with the rank of Major. On March 25, 1851 the Mariposa Battalion marched into the Sierra wilderness and they came upon Yosemite Valley at Inspiration Point and became the first non-indigenous discoverers of Yosemite Valley. sign marks the spot of his trading post. Sign measures 26 x 20". Porcelain is chipping away at top where the screw holes were and on the bottom around what appears to be a bullet hole. Very heavy. Will probably require extra shipping cost. City: Mariposa State: California Date: HWAC# 42848