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Melones, California

Melones, California

New Melones Dam displaced the Gold Rush town of Melones in 1979. The area was home to Indigenous residents, such as the Me-Wuk family pictured here, prior to and during white settlement.

About this community

Dam
New Melones Dam
River
Stanislaus River
Region
California
Established
1848
Inundated
1979