Spanish Bar, California
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Spanish Bar is a former settlement in Calaveras County
, 3 miles (4.8 km) east-northeast of Big Bar
, on the south side of the Mokelumne River
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Calaveras County, California
Calaveras County is a county located in the Gold Country of the U.S. state of California. Calaveras is the Spanish word for skulls; the county was reportedly named for the remains of Native Americans discovered by the Spanish explorer Captain Gabriel Moraga. As of the 2010 census, the county had a...
, 3 miles (4.8 km) east-northeast of Big Bar
Big Bar, Calaveras County, California
Big Bar is an unincorporated community in Calaveras County, California. It lies at an elevation of 630 feet ....
, on the south side of the Mokelumne River
Mokelumne River
The Mokelumne River is a river in Northern California. The Upper Mokelumne River originates in the Sierra Nevada mountain range and flows into Pardee Reservoir and then Camanche Reservoir in the Sierra foothills. The Lower Mokelumne River refers to the portion of the river below Camanche Dam...
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