Mariposa, a central county of California, bordering on the Sierra Nevada. It contains the Yosemite Valley (q.v.), besides a grove of giant trees (see SEQUOIA). Area, 1600 sq. m.; pop. 5000.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 7: Maltebrun to Pearson, p. 46
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