Oleta—"Old Fiddletown"

Oleta—"Old Fiddletown" is a California Historical Landmark in Amador County.

Fiddletown · location approximate

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Settled by Missourians, 1849. Suggested that settlement be called Fiddletown because residents "were always fiddling."Changed in 1878 to Oleta but original name later restored. Once trading center for American, Loafer, and French Flats, Lone Hill and other rich mining camps. Bret Harte added to community's fame in"An Episode of Fiddletown."

1971 register text, presented as a historical document.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 ↗

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1848 · Gold And Quicksilver District Of California, 1848 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1850 · Map of the mining district of California (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1865 · The Central Part of the State of California. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1866 · Central California. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1893 · Placerville, California (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

Gold And Quicksilver District Of California, 1848, 1848, covering the location of Oleta—"Old Fiddletown", with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Gold And Quicksilver District Of California, 1848, 1848, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours and the location is approximate.

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

Oleta—"Old Fiddletown"

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