GRUB GULCH
"GOLD FEVER" HIT THE STREAMS IN MADERA COUNTY IN 1849. GRUB GULCH GOT
ITS NAME FROM THE FACT THAT "MINERS COULD ALWAYS PAN ENOUGH GOLD FROM
THE RIVER TO GRUBSTAKE THEMSELVES INTO BETTER TIMES."
GRUB GULCH DEVELOPED AFTER THE GAMBETTA MINE OPENED IN 1880. OTHER
LOCAL MINES INCLUDED THE MAMMOTH MINE, THE ENTERPRISE MINE AND THE
JOSEPHINE MINE. LOCAL LEGEND SAYS THE PEAK POPULATION REACHED 5,000.
IN IT'S TIME THERE WERE TWO HOTELS, A ROOMING HOUSE, FIVE SALOONS, A
GROCERY STORE AND A GENERAL MERCHANDISE STORE BUT NEVER A CHURCH. GRUB
GULCH BURNED DOWN IN 1920.
DEDICATED MAY 5th 1990
GRUB GULCH CHAPTER 41-49
E CLAMPUS VITUS

Located on Road 600 , approx 7 miles from Highway 49
GPS locator:
N37° 19.444'
W119° 46.240'