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Landmark information
- Location:
Gold Trails Elementary School, 1336 Cold Springs Rd, Gold Hill - Plaque:
Official State Plaque - Site:
Nothing Remains - Date First Visited:
2/29/1996 - Date Most Recently Visited:
11/16/2024 - GPS Coordinates:
N 38 46.276, W 120 53.366 - Other Designations:
National Register of Historic Places
About this landmark
Plaque text:
Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Farm Colony
Site of the only tea and silk farm established in California. First agricultural settlement of pioneer Japanese immigrants who arrived at Gold Hill on June 8, 1869. Despite the initial success, it failed to prosper. It marked the beginning of Japanese influence on the agricultural economy of California.