Dogtown, Mono County, California
- Dogtown, Mono County, California
Dogtown is a defunct gold rush era town in Mono County, California. It is located at coord|38.1701984|N|119.1973749|W, adjacent to Virginia Creek. Established approximately 1857 as a placer mining camp, Dogtown survived briefly before being abandoned.
Dogtown was the first gold mining camp in the Eastern Sierra Nevada. Although its deposits were minimal, Dogtown did attract attention to the area as a whole, including the subsequent discoveries of much richer gold deposits in nearby areas such as Bodie, Aurora and Masonic.
As of 2005, the surviving remnants of Dogtown are the walls of several stone huts, a few roof timbers, and a single gravesite. The ruins have been mildly vandalized.
The site is registered as [http://ceres.ca.gov/geo_area/counties/Mono/landmarks.html California Historical Landmark 792] . A landmark plaque by the side of nearby U.S. Highway 395 marks the location.
References
* [http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/ca/dogtown.html ghosttowns.com discussion of Dogtown]
* [http://ceres.ca.gov/geo_area/counties/Mono/landmarks.html California Environmental Resources Evaluation System (CERES) Record]
*"Rand McNally The Road Atlas 2006: US, Canada, Mexico" ISBN 0-528-95795-3
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