Places: CA-Tailholt

Tailholt-1,119' (White River)   
(35.8110632, -118.8428706)

Description:

Also called White River or Dogtown
According to GNIS, Tailholt is now called White River. But it also has been called:

• Angels:   Citation Unknown
• Columbia:  Hoover, Mildred B., et al. Historic Spots in California. 3rd edition. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 1966. p563
• Dogtown: Hoover, Mildred B., et al. Historic Spots in California. 3rd edition. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 1966. p563
• Sonora:   Hoover, Mildred B., et al. Historic Spots in California. 3rd edition. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 1966. p563
• Tailholt: Gudde, Erwin G. California Place Names: A Geographical Dictionary. Berkeley, California: University of California Press, 1949. p388
• Whiteriver: US Postal Guide, various edition dates. Use code US-T133/YYYY. 1905

 9. “There are a number of stories about the naming of the second village on White River. I believe that the following account is correct. When the stage road was built across the mountains it left Dogtown to the south and passed near a mining claim. The miner who owned the mining claim had built a small cabin. On the door of his cabin he had nailed a cow’s tail for use as a handle to pull the door open and closed. Because of this he called his mine Tailholt. Then the stage station, and later the village which grew up around it was called Tailholt.—The name Tailholt was used as a nickname for White River many years after the post office was established.” (San Joaquin Primeval—Uncle Jeff’s Story, arranged by F. F. Latta, printed at the press of the Tulare Times, Tulare, California [1929], pp. 55-56.). Book 4, Chp 2

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References:

•  Wikipedia, includes the story of how Tailholt got its name
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