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Anthony Caminetti, a native of Jackson in Amador County, was born July 30, 1854, and died November 17, 1923. He served as district attorney, state senator, United States congressman, and United States commissioner general of immigration. He was the first native Californian to be elected to Congress and was the author of bills creating the California Debris Commission, the Preston School of Industry at Ione, and California junior colleges. He was known as the father of the Alpine State Highway, a loyal American, a faithful public official, and a charter member of the Native Sons of the Golden West.
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