Cascadel, California

Cascadel (Mono: hoojowih )[1] is a former settlement in Madera County, California.[2]

It was located in the Sierra Nevada, 4 miles (6.4 km) east of North Fork.[2]

It was originally the Native American Mono village of Hoojowih. A post office operated at Cascadel from 1892 to 1896.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Sydney M. Lamb. 1957. Mono Grammar. University of California. Berkeley PhD dissertation. .pdf
  2. 1 2 3 Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 810. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.


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