More OCR using Shoot'nPaste from a plaque nearby.
OLD SPERRY HOTEL
THIS HOSTELRY ORIGINALLY BUILT IN 1855 BY J.L. SPERRY OF SPERRY FLOUR FAME AND HIS PARTNER,
JOHN PERRY. AMONG EARLY
GUESTS WHOSE NAMES APPEAR ON OLD REGISTER ARE MARK TWAIN, HORATIO ALGER, THOMAS H. LIPTON,
HENRY WARD BEECHER, THE
ROTHCHILDS, GENERAL U. S. GRANT, AND C. E. BOLTON (BLACK BART).
THE QUAINT OLD HOTEL, ACCORDING TO TRADITION, IS THE ONE REFERRED TO IN BRET HARTE`S "A NIGHT IN WINGDAM".
MURPHYS CAMP FOUNDED IN EARLY 49 BY JOHN AND DANIEL MURPHY. MILLIONS OF GOLD TAKEN FROM CAMP AND VICINITY.
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