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Bert Smith — A man to remember

MARIPOSA COUNTY FLASHBACK


Shown from left are Winnie Williams, George Fournier and Bert Smith at the barber shop.Editor’s note: Mariposa County Flashback is a collaborative effort between the newspaper and the Mariposa Museum and History Center.
Bertram “Bert” Smith was born in 1884 in Auburn. He moved to Catheys Valley with his father, John Richard Smith, in 1894.
John Smith worked in the local mines and raised he son alone. When Bert was 17 years old, he and his father were waiting for the freight wagon that had gone ...

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