#0266 Jenny Lind

Title

#0266 Jenny Lind

Site information:

At intersection of Main and Alley, Jenny Lind

38.094891,-120.87052

Plaque information:

Private plaque

Plaque text:

Jenny Lind

Settled in the 1840's as a flourishing gold mining, cattle ranching and farming community.

Dedicated on the 100th anniversary of Joaquin Parlor, No. 5, Stockton, Native Daughters of the Golden West. April 4, 1987

OHP description:

Jenny Lind, located on the north bank of the Calaveras River, was a placer mining town as early as 1849. Most of the placer mining was done along the hillsides above the river - later the river was mined with dredgers. In 1864 the population was said to be 400, half of them Chinese.

Registered 9/3/1937

Collection

Calaveras County

Geolocation