Jackson (Bottileas)- Amador County, California

Jackson, (Bottileas) - Amador County, California

LITTLE KNOWN JACKSON FIRSTS

Jackson - that city which gold, girls, gambling, gastronomic delights and government has kept lively for over 150 years - was born in the gold rush. Gold seekers passed through the fording place where two forks of a small foothill creek met, headed for the rich Mokelumne River sand bars. Others, dead broke or enriched, returned via the place to Stockton or Sacramento.....Read the rest of the Story!

FEATURED TOURS

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	HISTORIC DOWNTOWN JACKSON Downtown Jackson's Historic District is listed on the National Register of Historic Places! Take our Online Tour of Jackson's Historic Downtown Main Street
	AMADOR COUNTY MUSEUM Dedicated to Amador County history, including mining history in the county. A model mine exhibit also is featured.
	ARGONAUT MINE The Argonaut Mine was originally known as the Pioneer Mine. The mine was discovered by two miners, James Hager and William Tudor in 1850
	FANTOZZI MARBLE WORKS The monument works in Jackson closed down 30 years ago, and remains the same as former owner Arrigo Fantozzi left it when he died in 1972.
	MINE MODEL EXHIBITS Take a trip back in time to the 1920's and watch replicas of equipment of the Kennedy and North Star Mines in operation through working scale models.

Jackson Index

AMELIA MINE
ANITA MINE
ARGONAUT MINE
BANK OF AMADOR CO.
BRIGGS HOME
CALIFORNIA HOTEL
CAMPI BLDG
CHINATOWN
COUNTY COURT HOUSE

FANTOZZI MARBLE
FIRE DEPARTMENT
FLETCHER ALLEY
GLOBE HOTEL
HANGING TREE
KENNEDY MINE
KENNEDY MINE EXHIBIT
LAST CHANCE SALOON LOUISIANA HOUSE MASONIC BUILDING

MOORE MINE
MULDOON MINE
ODDFELLOWS BLDG. ONEIDA MINE
PARRISH/PAUGH HOME
PIONEER HALL
PIONEER REX
RATTO THEATRE
THE BOTTLE SHOP
WELLS FARGO BLDG
ZEILE MINE

Old Jackson Photos

Information, photographs courtesy of the Amador County Archives, The Historical Marker Database, The Chronicling America Database, and Larry Cenotto, Amador County's Historian