Jackson Gate

Amador County · 1.3 miles northeast of Jackson · location approximate

Jackson Gate is on the north fork of Jackson Creek and takes its name from a fissure in a reef of rock which crosses the creek. In 1850 about 500 miners worked here and the first mining ditch in the county was dug here, with water selling for $1 per inch.

1971 register text, presented as a historical document. It uses the period's terms for Native people; the state's landmark listings still carry most of this wording, and the California Office of Historic Preservation maintains the program's current texts.

Many of these plaques have since been recast or their texts revised. The California Historical Landmarks program and its current texts are maintained by the California Office of Historic Preservation. California Office of Historic Preservation ↗

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Marker data: State of California, Department of Parks and Recreation, California Historical Landmarks (1971)

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