Big Oak Flat history explored in Tuolumne County

Jeff checks out historical aspects of the gold mining town of Big Oak Flat on the historic route to Yosemite National Park through Tuolumne County.

[rickyjorge]

How have I overlooked this episode?! Awesome. Thanks History Hunters!

[davepalmerton]

Sorry for you're bad experience, Jeff; but the resulting video was another good one for us. I am sure the subscribers like me thank you for that.

[DClark]

My family rented the old yellow house you showed for the summer when I was nine. It was soooo haunted!

[pamelahsmithsmith]

The Old Wells Fargo building with all the business inside, sounded like the first indoor mall..another interesting video! Love those old pictures!!

[Toltecgrl]

I used to drive through here from Modesto to Yosemite and never noticed the town lol I just thought there were some old barns . The doors I remember because I thought I wonder if those were barns for horses. Or places for people to park their carriages. It’s been years and years since I’ve been to Yosemite. So I haven’t passed through these parts in years. Thanks for showing us this town. Sorry about the rude people. We appreciate you. 🙏

[jared]

Thank you for taking abuse to film this gem. I loved everything that you showed and talked about. And as for the guy yelling at you to get out of the road - that was his 15 minutes of fame - the annonymous yeller in History Hunter's Big Oak Flat episode.

[carolynpurser]

Enjoying watching these older videos as well as the current ones. Thank you for bringing us pieces of California history.

[shanesawyer]

Hey Jeff! Thanks for stopping by our town. I’m a local up here, born and raised. I’ve lived on this hill for 29 years and I absolutely love our history up here. If you ever come back, I’d be happy to show you many other sites of historical significance. We have so much, it’s hard to just fit in one video. There is lots of Graves of original Miners from the gold rush, and lots of Native Mi Wuk grind stones in bed rock still around, Even the Chinese Graveyard, well hidden by over grown brush now. Again, thank you for covering some of our history!

[georgiasmalley]

Thank you for taking me places I would love to see.

[cameronlawrence]

The Odd Fellows Hall had a door open one time when my daughter and i went to get gas at the Minors Mart and we looked inside: There was a dusty old warped wooden floor with a big heavy Safe that had collapsed partially through the floor on one corner. All the light fixtures were old white porcelain with the old exposed wires. Really cool looking inside. So cool you guys came again to our stomping grounds but I am disappointed you were treated so rudely! Wish I could have met you guys love the channel!

[edwardaustin]

Although it's 3 years later I still appreciate the channel Jeff.

[dbmclean]

Hello Jeff and Sarah, I enjoy your presentations. I am a history graduate myself from Australia.
So thank you both, very interesting.

[davesargenti]

Dinner time!! Sitting down to enjoy my meal and your great videos....TV dinner tray ready now just push play...Thx..Every Sunday...

[carlcotton]

You said, "Leave a like." I always love your videos. Thanks

[joelhurley]

Thank you Jeff for a great episode of History Hunters. Thank you for taking the abuse and hurting your ankle just to give us a nice story. Hope your ankle gets better, and looking forward to the next episode.

[tractorhyatt]

Love the history, thank you Jeff! Enjoyed watching this episode. 🇺🇸🚜👍

[Skidoodle]

Thank you, Jeff for braving the tourist haters who probably make a good portion of their income from those “dirty” tourists. Lots of interesting buildings that were simple, but more importantly fire resistant. Jeff, you are willing to risk life, limb, and local resident scorn to bring us the the best history videos! I appreciate that.

[CharlieBrownandFamily]

I don't watch TV much When I do its Andy Griffith, anything to do with the old west or its my favorite thing to watch "The History Hunters" So much history and places I would never know or get the chance to see if it weren't for your videos The love and passion for all you do is clearly seen in every video you create to share with us all. Thank you guys for all the wonderful videos and the happiness and smiles you always create for myself and so many others You guys are truly wonderful folks and best folks on youtube! I need an autographed pic for my wall of autographs

[brookeshaffer]

Hi Jeff.So appreciate the meticulous research into each of the episodes.Always so interesting🌟Unfortunately rudeness along with lack of common sense seems to be a growing trend in humanity😔

[rhondaz]

Jeff, top-notch as always... The research, the legwork, the pics, etc. are all so appreciated... This was so interesting. 👏🤠👏