Fiddletown
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.”
State Registered Landmark No. 35
Tablet placed by California Centennials Commission
Base furnished by residents of Fiddletown
Dedicated August 19, 1950
Marker is on Fiddletown Road, on the right when traveling east.
Courtesy hmdb.org
