Melvin Belli & Historical Graves of Sonora, California

Jeff goes into Sonora, California, the "Queen of the Mother Lode," in search of historical graves such as the legendary lawyer Melvin Belli and hiJohn Shine, the first stage coach driver to face robber Black Bart in Calaveras County. He will also tell how the young cast of "Little House on the Prairie" was scared to death by the show's producer in this same Odd Fellows Cemetery!

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