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