OTHER TIDBITS: After reading this plaque, you may be left wondering what the heck was the Dogtown nugget! It was a 54-pound gold nugget, the largest in the world at the time (nowadays, it’s the 159-pound Welcome Stranger Nugget from Australia)!

This town got its name thanks to the enterprising Mrs. Bassett, who settled here with three dogs and not much else. When she couldn’t make it as a miner, she sold her dogs’ pups to lonely miners, and soon dogs outnumbered houses and people in the town, earning it the ever so appropriate name of Dogtown!

• Become a member of the Butte County Historical Society!
• Donate to the Native Daughters of the Golden West!
• Be a responsible visitor! Please respect the signs and pathways, and treat all structures and artifacts with respect. They’ve endured a lot to survive into the present. They’ll need our help to make it into the future!

ANNOTATIONS:
You might end up getting confused here, because there is a Skyway and a New Skyway in Magalia! To help you navigate better, the plaque is located on the east side of the road, 0.1 miles south of the intersection of Skyway and Indian Drive! That’s 0.3 miles north of the intersection of Pentz Road and New Skyway!

From Los Angeles: ~473mi (762km) — 7.9hrs
From Sacramento: ~91mi (147km) — 1.6hrs
From San Diego: ~593mi (955km) — 9.9hrs
From San Francisco: ~170mi (274km) — 2.9hrs