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Vallecito was one of California's important early-day mining towns. Gold was discovered here by the Murphy brothers in 1849, and it was originally called "Murphys Diggings," which became "Murphys Old Diggings" when they moved on to greener pastures at "Murphys New Diggings" (which became the town of Murphys).
Charles L. Dering was born in Sunbury, Pennsylvania on December 3, 1836. [1] He moved to New Diggings, Wisconsin in 1849. [2] Dering went to what is now University of Wisconsin–Platteville and then to Hobart and William Smith Colleges.
Thomas J. Murphy, 94, American politician and jurist, member of the New York State Assembly (1971–1977). [437] Tom Osthoff, 88, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (1983–2003). [438] Manuel Elkin Patarroyo, 78, Colombian pathologist and immunologist. [439] Emrys Roberts, 93, Welsh nationalist activist. [440]
Murphys, originally Murphys New Diggings then Murphy's Camp, is an unincorporated village located in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains in Calaveras County, California, United States. The population was 2,213 at the 2010 census, up from 2,061 at the 2000 census.
Murphy was born on June 27, 1918, in Cleveland Heights, a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio.He was named after his father, whose unusual first name was the combination of his parents' (Jerry's grandparent's) surnames of Murphy and Whelan, while his middle name came from grandfather Jeremiah T. Murphy. [3]
Hamilton was born in New York, where he attended the United States Military Academy before he resigned and moved to Illinois in 1817. In Illinois, he lived in Springfield and Peoria and eventually migrated to the lead-mining region of southern Wisconsin and established Hamilton's Diggings at present-day Wiota, Wisconsin.
Owen Murphy (September 2, 1893 – April 3, 1965) was an American songwriter, film maker, and writer for radio, film, and theatre. He worked as a lyricist , composer , and playwright for Broadway musicals and as a songwriter for Tin Pan Alley in the 1920s and 1930s.
Saint Augustine Church is an early Catholic church built in 1844 in New Diggings, Wisconsin, during the area's lead-mining boom.The building was designed by pioneer priest and amateur architect Father Samuel Mazzuchelli, and survives unchanged from that early era.