8/4/2014
6/25/2012
Landmark information
- Location:
U.S. Hwy 395 (PM 69.5), 7 mi S of Bridgeport - Plaque:
Official State Plaque - Site:
Only Ruins Remain - Date First Visited:
5/23/1997 - Date Most Recently Visited:
8/4/2014 - GPS Coordinates:
N 38 10.221, W 119 11.638
About this landmark
Plaque text:
Dog Town
1857
Site of the first major gold rush to California's eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada, Dog Town derived its name from a popular miners' term for camps with huts or hovels. Ruins, lying close to the cliff bordering Dog Town Creek, are all that remain of the makeshift dwellings which here formed part of the "diggins."