#0792 Dog Town
Title
#0792 Dog Town
Site information:
On State Hwy 395 (P.M. 69.5), 7 mi S of BridgeportAs plaque suggests, there may still be some remnants of foundations or walls of Dog Town, but not much remains of the site.
38.170323,-119.193918
Plaque information:
State plaquePlaque text:
Dog Town1857
Site of the first major gold rush to the eastern slope of California's 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 formed part of the 'diggins' here.
Plaque placed by the California State Park Commission in cooperation with the Mono County Department of Parks and Recreation and the Mono County Historical Society, September 11, 1964.
Registered 7/3/1964