#0131 Whiskeytown
Title
#0131 Whiskeytown
Site information:
Intersection of Whiskey Creek Rd and State Hwy 299Very little remains of this site. I don't believe the General Store in the photo is original. There is a National Recreation Site at Whiskeytown Lake which has some infomation about the history. The townsite is underwater.
~40.634648, -122.561056
Plaque information:
No plaqueOHP description:
Settled by gold miners in 1849, the town was first called Whiskey Creek for the stream on which it was located, but later the name was changed to Whiskeytown. A barrel of whiskey lost off a pack mule christened the stream with the popular drink of that day. The town is inundated by Whiskeytown Reservoir.Registered 1/31/1934