MERCED — Laura Skelton thought she was going to the post office to pick up mail, but instead found herself in Mariposa County Superior Court. She was in good company — 49 other Mariposans also made ...

Answer: According to the Mariposa County website, the wood-frame courthouse built in 1854 is the oldest operating courthouse west of the Rocky Mountains. The two-story Greek Revival-style courthouse ...

This 158 year old building is the oldest courthouse still in use in California, and a key piece of Mariposa's past and present. Leroy Radanovich said, "The importance of that building to this ...

2003-05-29 04:00:00 PDT Mariposa-- The ancient clock in the oldest county courthouse in the West had just chimed 9 the other morning when Garry Parker, vice chair of the Mariposa County Board of ...