Historical Marker · No. 31
Drytown
Drytown, Amador County · California
Erected by the Department of Public Works, Division of Highways
The arrow at the top of this bronze gives no distance. The other Division of Highways plaques in this campaign cast a number beside the arrow; this one simply points, and it is standing in the town it points at. Drytown was founded in 1848, and the state calls it the oldest in Amador County and the first place gold was found here. It was never dry. The plaque records twenty-six saloons at one time.
What the plaque says
DRYTOWN FOUNDED 1848. OLDEST TOWN AND FIRST IN WHICH GOLD WAS DISCOVERED IN AMADOR COUNTY. ITS VENERABLE TOWN HALL AND OTHER PICTURESQUE STRUCTURES REMAIN. WAS NOT "DRY" AS NAME IMPLIES, CONTAINING 26 SALOONS AT ONE TIME. HISTORICAL LANDMARK NO. 31 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS - DIVISION OF HIGHWAYS
Where it stands
38.44215, -120.85767 · Directions
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