Editing Sonora, California (section)

==Economy and tourism==
[[File:Sonora Hope COVID19.jpg|thumb|The historic [[Mission Revival]]–style Sonora Inn, built in 1896]]
The area economy was historically based on the mining and timber industries, but now relies on tourism.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.tcchamber.com/benefits.html | title= Membership benefits | publisher= Tuolumne County Chamber of Commerce | year= 2011 | access-date= July 13, 2011 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110605001340/http://www.tcchamber.com/benefits.html | archive-date= June 5, 2011 | url-status= dead }}</ref> One of two active lumber mills in Tuolumne County was shut down in 2009, but reopened in July 2011.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110710/A_NEWS/107100317 |publisher= Dow Jones Local Media Group, Inc.|title= Retooled lumber mill back in business |author=Nichols, Dana M |date= July 10, 2011 |access-date= July 13, 2011}}</ref>

As a city close to [[Yosemite National Park]], Sonora provides services to some of Yosemite's visitors.  The city also benefits from its proximity to [[Railtown 1897 State Historic Park]] and [[Columbia State Park]].