4/7/2001
4/7/2001
4/7/2001
4/7/2001
Landmark information
- Location:
S side of Fiddletown Rd, across street from Dr Yee's Chinese Herb Shop, Fiddletown - Plaque:
Official State Plaque - Site:
Existing - Date First Visited:
4/7/2001 - Date Most Recently Visited:
4/7/2001
GPS Coordinates: N 38 30.275, W 120 45.617
- Other Designations:
National Register of Historic Places
About this landmark
From the state:
Settled by Missourians in 1849, Fiddletown was a trading center for American, Loafer, and French Flats, Lone Hill, and other rich mining camps. Called Fiddletown because residents "were always fiddling," the settlement became Oleta in 1878 but the original name was later restored. Bret Harte added to the community's fame in "An Episode of Fiddletown".