Tuttletown

This is a Mark Twain Bret Harte Trail bronze, and it gives Twain four words: Mark Twain traded here. The rest belongs to Anson Tuttle, a judge who put up the first log cabin in 1848, and to a stopping place for men and mounts on the road between Sonora and Angels Camp. The base under the tablet is built from stones of the Swerer Store of 1854, which is the building Twain traded in. The bronze casts the Elks lodge number as 1587; the marker database prints 1857.

What the plaque says

MARK TWAIN BRET HARTE TRAIL TUTTLETOWN EARLY DAY STOPPING PLACE FOR MEN AND MOUNTS. NAMED FOR JUDGE ANSON A.H. TUTTLE WHO BUILT FIRST LOG CABIN HERE IN 1848. STONES USED IN THIS BASE FROM OLD SWERER STORE, BUILT IN 1854, REMAINS OF WHICH STILL EXIST 1949. MARK TWAIN TRADED HERE. TUTTLETOWN HOTEL, BUILT IN 1852, AND STILL STANDING IN 1949, WAS LAST OPERATED BY JOHN EDWARDS. HISTORICAL LANDMARK NO. 124 TABLET PLACED BY CALIFORNIA CENTENNIALS COMMISSION BASE PROVIDED BY SONORA LODGE OF ELKS NO. 1587 DEDICATED JUNE 19, 1949

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Columbia State Historic Park — 5.4 mi
  The Gem of the Southern Mines, still open for business on a car-free Gold Rush main street.

More markers nearby

• Mark Twain Cabin — 0.4 mi
• Robinson's Ferry — 2.7 mi
• Parrott's Ferry — 3.4 mi
• Jamestown — 3.4 mi