Jerseydale Road is an approximately six-mile-long rural highway in Mariposa County. As presently configured Jerseydale Road begins at the intersection of Darrah Road/Triangle Road and terminates at the site of the Sweetwater Mine in Sierra National Forest. Jerseydale Road was part of Hites Cove Road which had been commissioned in 1864. The roadway traditionally served the Sweetwater Mining District and Skelton's Ranch. By the 1880s a small mining community would develop and would come to be known as Jerseydale upon receiving Post Office service in 1889. The Jerseydale Post Office would operate until 1930, and the Sweetwater Mining District would shutter later in the decade. Part 1; the history of Jerseydale Road Jerseydale Road and the namesake community of Jerseydale are historically linked to the Sweetwater Mining District at the northern end of Clark's Valley. The Sweetwater Mining District was placer mined beginning in the early 1850s in th...
Yaqui Gulch Road is an approximately 3-mile rural highway located in Mariposa County. This highway corridor is one of the oldest identifiable roadways in the state as it once served the original Mariposa County seat of Aqua Fria along with nearby Guadalupe and Bridgeport. The community of Agua Fria was founded in 1849 by Sonoran Miners and became the first Mariposa County seat in February 1850. The County Seat was not long lived in Agua Fria as it would be moved to Mariposa in November 1851. The community of Agua Fria would burn during a fire in 1866 and was never rebuilt. Part 1; the history of Yaqui Gulch Road Yaqui Gulch Road was once consolidated with what is now Aqua Fria Road. Both Aqua Fria Road and Yaqui Gulch Road connected the early Mariposa County communities of Agua Fria, Guadalupe and Bridgeport. Mariposa County was incorporated on February 18, 1850, as one of the original counties following California becom...