1/15/2025

Landmark information

  • Location:
    On State Hwy 49 (PM 24.8) at Wilcox Ranch Road, Tuttletown
  • Plaque:
    Official State Plaque
  • Site:
    Nothing Remains
  • Date First Visited:
    5/26/1996
  • Date Most Recently Visited:
    1/15/2025
  • GPS Coordinates:
    N 37 59.446, W 120 27.714

About this landmark

Plaque text:

Mark Twain Bret Harte Trail
Tuttletown
Early day stopping place for men and mounts. Named for Judge Anson A.H. Tuttle, who built first log cabin here in 1848. Stones used in this base from old Swerer Store, built in 1854, remains of which still exist, 1949. Mark Twain traded here. Tuttletown Hotel, built in 1852, and still standing in 1949, was last operated by John Edwards.