Camp O'pera, California

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Camp O'pera (also spelled Camp Opera) [1] is a former settlement and mining camp in Amador County, California. It was founded by Mexicans [1] in the summer of 1849 near French Camp, [2] southeast of Ione, California. [1]

By 1853, it was growing and by 1857 was at its height. [1] By the early 1860s, the town was in decline. [1] Camp O'pera was a reputed hideout for the infamous outlaw Joaquin Murieta. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Miller, Donald C. (1978). Ghost Towns of California. Boulder, Colorado: Pruett Publishing Company. p. 29. ISBN   0871085178.
  2. ↑ Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, California: Word Dancer Press. p. 511. ISBN   1-884995-14-4.

38°17′46″N120°53′28″W / 38.2962°N 120.8912°W / 38.2962; -120.8912


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