Indian Gulch, California

Indian Gulch (formerly, Indiangulch and Santa Cruz)[2] is a former settlement in Mariposa County, California.

[1] Indian Gulch was established in the 1850s as a gold mining community.

The town had a church, hotel, blacksmith shop, and an estimated population of several hundred.

A post office operated at Indian Gulch from 1855 to 1912, with a closure during part of 1901.

[2] Indian Gulch once had telephone service, but supposedly never had electricity.

Mariposa County map