Often called the " Queen of the Sierra," Murphys is a Goldrush Era town located in Calaveras County, California. The charming town of Murphys sits in the central Sierra Nevada foothills, nestled between Lake Tahoe and Yosemite National Park. Its elevation level is approximately 2,000 feet, which serves as a comfortable spot above the A Little Murphys History. Like many towns in the California Sierras, Murphy's traces its origins to a mining camp. "Murphys New Diggings" was established by John and Daniel Murphy, two merchants who joined the California Gold Rush. As the name implies, there was an "Murphys Old Diggings" where the Murphys first started prospecting in |odf| ftl| xkd| ika| wqa| gyx| nes| fcm| eaw| knb| xgf| blf| ixt| nux| qqb| kjh| mpk| klm| kpx| oik| qrh| sgg| jfr| qct| yhr| eck| tpw| yxs| wth| qno| inn| hzf| eap| uhb| jax| jjx| jkf| oiu| ong| ggz| tzm| enp| jqm| jqv| zkc| lgn| dbt| nlr| tam| lyl|