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Once upon a time in Merced County … 170 Years Ago

By SARAH LIM Special to the Times One hundred and seventy years ago (1854), a bill to create the County of Merced was introduced in the State Assembly by Dr. Benjamin D. Horr of Tuolumne County. The matter generated considerable interest that divided the Mariposa County residents from the mining camps in the foothills…