Kocher, California

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Kocher is a former settlement in Mariposa County, California. [1]

It was located on the former Yosemite Valley Railroad, 8 miles (13 km) upstream on the Merced River from Bagby. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 742. ISBN   1-884995-14-4.