Guidebook
NO. 332 COULTERVILLE - George W. Coulter started a tent store here in early 1850 to supply the hundreds of miners working the rich placers of Maxwell, Boneyard, and Black Creeks. He also built the first hotel, water for it was pumped from a well by two Newfoundland dogs. Originally called Banderita from the flag flying over Coulter's store, the settlement became Maxwell Creek when the post office was established in 1853, but the name was changed the following year to honor Coulter. The family of Francisco Bruschi, who erected the first permanent building here, provided the town's leading merchants for over eighty years. Despite their crude methods, and with only wood for fuel, the nearby quartz mines operated for years and produced millions of dollars worth of gold, Andrew Goss built the first stamp mill for crushing their ore.
Location
On CA Hwy 49 about 200 ft. North of County Road J20
Open Map
NO. 332 COULTERVILLE, Museum
NO. 332 COULTERVILLE, State Plaque
NO. 332 COULTERVILLE, City Sign
NO. 332 COULTERVILLE, City Sign
NO. 332 COULTERVILLE, Marker