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Near this site, now inundated by the waters of Don Pedro Reservoir, stood the historic town of Jacksonville. It was settled by Julian Smart, who planted the first garden and orchard in the spring of 1849. Named for Colonel A. M. Jackson, it was the principal river town in the area in 1850 and the gathering center for thousands of miners working the rich bed of the Tuolumne River.
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