Editing Tuolumne City, California (section)

== Communications and facilities ==
Unlike the rest of Tuolumne County, Tuolumne was not in the Bell System/SBC service area. Tuolumne Telephone Company provided service to this area. Wired telephone numbers in the Tuolumne [[Telephone exchange|Central Office]] follow the pattern (209) 928-xxxx. Tuolumne Telephone is now part of [[Citizens Telecommunications Company of California]], a subsidiary of [[Frontier Communications]].

There are three schools:  Summerville Elementary with grades K-8, Mother Lode Christian School with grades K-12, and [[Summerville Union High School]] with grades 9–12.  Summerville High School also hosts Tuolumne County's Connections Arts School for grades 7–12.

[[File:Tuolumne City Steam Donkey.JPG|thumb|Preserved [[steam donkey]] next to the fire station]]A logging company town, Tuolumne experienced an economic downturn when the West Side Lumber Company mill closed.  For many years the community has struggled to create a new economic base.

The [[Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians]], a [[federally recognized tribe]], is headquartered in Tuolumne.<ref>[http://www.ncai.org/tribal-directory?letter=T "Tribal Directory.''] ''National Congress of American Indians.'' Retrieved 1 June 2012.</ref> In recent years, the tribe has contributed new growth with revenues from nearby Black Oak Casino, which is owned and operated by the Tuolumne Band. A new medical clinic and a new library are a few recent improvements. Another addition has been the renovation of the [[Tuolumne City Memorial Museum]] on Carter Street.

Once known as the two towns of "Summersville"<ref name="Tuolumne Memorial Museum Archives">Tuolumne Memorial Museum Archives</ref> in the south and "Carter<ref>P.O. Records</ref>"<ref name="Tuolumne Memorial Museum Archives"/> in the north, Tuolumne has incorporated them both into one town.  A new municipal advisory council has been established to help with this revival.
[[File:Tuolumne City Memorial Hall.JPG|thumb|right|Memorial Hall which serves as the [[town hall]] and general meeting place]]
Tuolumne is also the birthplace of the Vaudevillian performer and hipster comedian [[Lord Buckley]], born Richard Myrle Buckley, April 5, 1906, died November 12, 1960.