Ebin Orvis Darling Collection, 1858-1888

Bear Valley General Store (Calif.)

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Darling, Ebin Orvis, 1839-1889.

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Head of the Bear Valley Store and manager of the Mariposa Land and Mining Company. Mariposa County Supervisor, 1869-1875. From the description of Ebin Orvis Darling Collection, 1858-1888. (California State Library). WorldCat record id: 58746691 Biography Ebin Orvis Darling was born in Vermont. Coming to California in1858, he lived in Bear Valley, was head of the Bear Valley Store, and manager of the Mariposa Land and Mini...

Mariposa Land and Mining Company of California

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In 1863, the Mariposa Mining Company of New York was established to organize mining operations on the 70 square miles of John C. Fremont's Mariposa estate in Mariposa County, California. The estate encompassed Bear Valley and was encircled by Mount Bullion on the east and the lower foothills of the Sierra Nevada on the west. The Merced River ran along the northern line of the property. The Mariposa Mining Company operated, with some difficulty and constant litigation over title to the estate, un...