Fiddletown, California

Sign reads "Fiddletown. Settled by Missourans, 1849. Suggested that settlement be called Fiddletown because residents "were always fiddling". Changed in 1878 to Oleta but original name later restored. Once trading center for American, Loafer, French Flats, Lone Hill and other rich mining camps. Bret Harte added to the community's fame in "an episode of Fiddletown".