Tuttletown, California

Table Mountain is a series of flat-topped hills in Tuolumne County, California that roughly parallels the modern Stanislaus River. These hills are capped by lava which flowed down from the crest of the Sierra Nevada 10.4 million years ago and hardened into a rock (latite) that is relatively resistant to erosion. The top of Table Mountain is composed of Table Mountain Latite, which formed from potassium-rich lavas erupted from a center of volcanism near modern-day Sonora Pass around 10.4 million years ago. Most outcrops on Table Mountain reveal flow-top breccias, while some outcrops show distinctive columnar jointing.

Parrott's Ferry is a historical cable ferry site in Columbia, California in Tuolumne County, California. The site of the Parrott's Ferry is a California Historical Landmark No. 438 listed on June 2, 1949. Parrott's Ferry was built by Thomas H. Parrott in 1860. The Ferry crossed the Stanislaus River connected the mining towns of Tuttletown and Vallecito. A bridge across the river was built in 1903, ending the need for the ferry. The ferry used a large wooden flat bottom boat, a type barge. In some summers the water level was too low for the ferry to operate, so a sandbag dam was built on the river to raise the water level at the ferry. Heavy duty cables were used to pull the ferry across the river. The site is now under water, when New Melones Lake was made with the New Melones Dam filled the New Melones reservoir-lake. A historical is near the former site of Parrott's Ferry at on the Parrott's Ferry Road (E18) and the Columbia-Vallecito Highway Bridge over the Stanislaus Rive, that is 5 miles Northwest of Columbia. The marker was placed there by the California Centennials Commission working with the Aronos Research Club of Sonora on Dedicated October 2, 1949.

French Flat or French Camp now a ghost town was in Tuolumne County, California. It was located near French Flat from which it took its name, one and a half miles south southwest of Tuttletown. Its location was near the flat, northwest of an 1,894-foot (577 m) mountain.

Springfield is an unincorporated community located in Tuolumne County, California. It is a former California Gold Rush boomtown in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, and is now designated as a California Historical Landmark. Springfield is located 1.1 mi SW of Columbia another gold rush boomtown.

Melones (Spanish for "Melons") is a former settlement in Calaveras County, California, now submerged beneath a reservoir named New Melones Lake. It lay at an elevation of 955 feet (291 m). Melones was founded on the site of a ferry operated from 1848 by John W. Robinson and Stephen Mead. The town initially took its name from the ferry.

The Stevenot Bridge carries State Route 49 over New Melones Lake between Calaveras and Tuolumne Counties in the U.S. state of California and was completed in 1976. It is named after Archie Stevenot, who helped found the California Chamber of Commerce.

Shaw's Flat, California is a historical ghost town and mining town in Columbia, California in Tuolumne County, California. The site of the Shaw's Flat is a California Historical Landmark No. 395 listed on March 8, 1948. Shaw's Flat was 49 California Gold Rush town founded in 1850. The town is named after it first settler, Mandeville Shaw. In November 1849, Shaw started an orchard on the eastern slope of Table Mountain. The California Gold Rush started shortly after Shaw's. Nearby Tarleton Caldwell, started Caldwell's Gardens by growing black walnut. Caldwell found gold on his land. James G. Fair found Gold and went on to be a United States senator.The California Historical Marker at the site reads:In 1850 this community was alive with gold miners. James D. Fair, after whom the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco is named, was one of the most notable. The Mississippi House, built in 1850, contains many relics including the original bar and post office with its grill and mailboxes. On a nearby hill stands the old bell, given by miners, which summoned men to work and announced the convening of various courts. According to tradition, a local bartender added to his income by panning the gold dust dropped on his muddy boots as he served customers. A historical Shaw's Flat marker is at the Southeast corner of Shaw's Flat Road and Mt. Brow Road. The marker was placed there by Historic Landmark Committee and Tuolumne Parlor No. 144, Native Sons of the Golden West in 1947.

Sonora Mono Toll Road is a historical road in Tuolumne County, California. The Sonora-Mono Road is a California Historical Landmark No. 422 listed on March 4, 1949. Sonora-Mono Road was 49 California Gold Rush road founded in 1852. The Tuolumne County Water Company started the road in 1852. On the road in Sugar Pine, California toll gate, hotel, and stables were built. The road to Bridgeport in Mono County was started in 1860 and completed in 1864. To complete a round trip on the road from Sonora and Bridgeport for a six-horse covered wagon took three weeks. for the round trip between Sonora and Bridgeport. Part of the road uses the Sonora Pass, that explorer Jedediah Smith in 1827. A historical Sonora-Mono Road marker is on California State Route 108 and the Sugar Pine cutoff in Sugar Pine The marker was placed there by Bodie Chapter No.64, Matuca Chapter No.1849, E Clampus Vitus on September 10, 1983.

Columbia is a census-designated place (CDP) located in the Sierra Nevada foothills in Tuolumne County, California, United States. It was founded as a boomtown in 1850 when gold was found during the California Gold Rush, and was known as the "Gem of the Southern Mines." The town's historic central district is within the Columbia State Historic Park, which preserves the 19th century mining town legacy. The U.S. historic district is a National Historic Landmark District and is on the National Register of Historic Places.

Columbia State Historic Park, also known as Columbia Historic District, is a state park unit and National Historic Landmark District preserving historic downtown Columbia, California, United States. It includes almost 30 buildings built during the California Gold Rush, most of which remain today. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1961.