Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church and cemetary. Big Oak Flat, CA. Father Louis Lootens started offering mass here in the 1850's but the church wasn't built until the 1860's. Big Oak Flat saw a lot of mining activity and the church served their needs.
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James Prunetti
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