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| Landmark #257 | Calaveras County | Visited: May 8, 2015 | Plaque? YES! 🙂 |
| What is it? | A plaque and some of the ruins from the town of Campo Seco! |
| What makes it historical? | THE GUIDE SAYS: Campo Seco was settled in 1849 by Mexicans who worked placers in Oregon Gulch. The largest living cork oak tree in California was planted here in 1858. The iron doors of the ruined Adams Express Building were still standing in 1950.
OTHER TIDBITS: The Mexicans who founded this town named it appropriately! There was almost no water, which led to fires, which cost the town half of its population! A ditch in 1859 secured the future of the town and redirected the town from gold to copper! The Civil War and World War II gave the Campo Seco copper mines a massive boom in business, but in the following years, it has settled into a tiny settlement with a post office and the homes of mining descendants! |
| How can I Help the Helpers? | HERE’S HOW:
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| Where is this place? | LISTED DIRECTIONS: Intersection of Campo Seco and Penn Mine Rds Campo Seco, CA 95226 ANNOTATIONS: From Los Angeles: ~373mi (601km) — 6.3hrs |
| When should I go? | Whenever the mood strikes you! |
