Editing Murphys, California (section)

==Arts and culture==
===Annual cultural events===
Visit Murphys hosts the Irish Day parade and street fair in celebration of the town's Irish heritage the third Saturday of March and Dia de los Muertos is celebrated every first Saturday of November. The Calaveras Wine Alliance members host Spring Wine Weekend every fourth weekend in April and Grape Stomp every first Saturday in October. All member tasting rooms are open to the public.  The Calaveras County Fair held in neighboring [[Angels Camp, California|Angels Camp]] takes place the third weekend of May and features the Jumping Frog Jubilee made famous in the 1865 short story by Mark Twain, "[[The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County]]".<ref>Calaveras Wine Alliance</ref>

The Ironstone [[Concours d'Elegance]] car show is held annually in Murphys at Ironstone Vineyards every September. Proceeds from the event benefit the [[4-H Club]] and [[Future Farmers of America]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Leven|first=Michael|title=2010 Ironstone Concours d'Elegance|journal=[[Sports Car Market]]|date=January 2011|page=38}}</ref>
Ironstone also hosts a summertime concert series every year. Past seasons have featured acts such as Coldplay, Sheryl Crow, Willie Nelson, The Doobie Brothers, Earth, Wind & Fire, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Bryan Adams, B. B. King, Huey Lewis and the News, Steely Dan, and ZZ Top.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}

===Places of interest===
[[Image:MurphysHotel.jpg|thumb|The historic [[Murphys Hotel]]. 2007]]
*[[Murphys Hotel]] (CHL #267), one of the oldest continually operating [[hotel]]s in California. Its historic register contains such names as [[Ulysses S. Grant]] and [[Mark Twain]].
*The [[Old mining camp of Brownsville]] (CHL #465) sits just southwest of the town. Brownsville was a mining camp on rich Pennsylvania Gulch in the 1850s and 1860s. The camp was named for Alfred Brown, former owner of Table Mountain Ranch. Laws of the Brownsville mining district provided that each miner could own one wet and one dry claim, not to exceed {{convert|150|sqft|m2}} each
*The [[Peter L. Traver Building]] (CHL #466) is the oldest stone building in Murphys. Its iron shutters and sand on the roof protected it from the fires of 1859, 1874, and 1893. It served as a general store, a [[Wells Fargo]] office, and later a garage.  Today, it houses a [[not-for-profit]] museum documenting Murphys' gold-rush history.
*[[Mercer Caverns]]
* The "[[Moaning Cavern]]"<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.caverntours.com/MoCavRt.htm|title = Cave and Mine Adventures -}}</ref>
[[File:California-Murphys-Mercer cave2.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Mercer Caverns]]]]
*Murphys is also known for its vineyards and wines. There are 25 tasting rooms along Main Street.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}