Tailholt

The camp was Dogtown first, on Coarse Gold Gulch, before it moved to the new road into Linns Valley. By the account in Historic Spots in California, it took its next name at a stagecoach stop: a passenger's dog leapt from the window after a cat, she held on by its tail, and a bystander remarked that a tail-holt was better than no holt at all. The driver carried the joke back to Visalia as the town's name. It became White River about 1870, and the gold here turned out to be mostly in quartz.

What the plaque says

Tailholt Tailholt began as a gold mining camp about 1856 during the Kern River gold rush. Gold was obtained from placer and shaft operations. Mining has been carried on intermittently since the time of discovery. During periods of activity there has been a considerable settlement here. The name was changed to White River about 1870. Marker placed by California Centennials Commission Base furnished by Tulare County Historical Society Dedicated May 15, 1949

Where it stands

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