Fiddletown - Amador County
(Previously Known as Oleta)
Looking Down Main Street
Our next stop was the old town of Fiddletown, which was known for several years as Oleta. It is a very small, sleepy town today with one main street. Most of the old buildings are made of brick, schist, and rhyolite tuff. One of the most interesting buildings was a store which was made of rammed earth adobe made for a Chinese doctor. In 1948 it is was described as "dilapidated," but today it has been preserved and has a memorial in front.
The rhyolite tuff was acquired from a quarry about 1½ miles east of Fiddletown.
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Fiddletown Memorial Plaque for the Rammed Earth Adobe house reads: Rammed Earth Adobe Built 1850Home-Office-Store of Dr. Yee, Chinese Herb Doctor February 24, 1968. |
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Schallhorn Blacksmith and |
Schallhorn Blacksmith
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Restored Rammed Earth Adobe |
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Restored Rammed Earth Adobe |
Abandoned Brick Store |
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