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==Landmarks== *[[Argonaut Mine|Argonaut]] and [[Kennedy Mine]]s: [[California Historical Landmark]] No. 786.<ref>{{cite ohp |id=786 |name=Argonaut and Kennedy mines |access-date=March 30, 2012}}</ref> <!-- No longer on list. See http://ohp.parks.ca.gov/ListedResources/?view=county&criteria=3 *Butte Store: The only structure remaining of Butte City, prosperous mining town of the 1850s, CHL No. 39. --> *Jackson Gate: Jackson Gate, on the north fork of Jackson Creek, takes its name from a [[ground fissure|fissure]] in a reef of rock that crosses the creek. In 1850, about 500 miners worked here and the first mining ditch in the county was dug here; its water sold for $1 per inch, CHL No. 118.<ref>{{cite ohp |id=118 |name=Jackson Gate |access-date=March 30, 2012}}</ref> *Site of Jackson's Pioneer [[Judaism|Jewish]] [[Synagogue]]: On September 18, 1857, Congregation B'nai Israel of Jackson dedicated on this site the first synagogue in the [[Gold Country|Mother Lode]]. High holy day worship continued until 1869 when the larger [[Masonic]] Hall was used to accommodate the congregation. The wooden structure then served as a schoolhouse until 1888. Relocated onto a nearby lot, it became a private dwelling, and was razed in 1948, CHL No. 865.<ref>{{cite ohp |id=865 |name=Site of Jackson's Pioneer Jewish Synagogue |access-date=March 30, 2012}}</ref> The [[Jackson Pioneer Jewish Cemetery]] (active from 1857 to 1921) was connected to the synagogue. *Pioneer Hall: The [[Native Daughters of the Golden West|Order of Native Daughters of the Golden West]] was organized on these premises, the site of the Pioneer Hall, on September 11, 1886, CHL No. 34.<ref>{{cite ohp |id=34 |name=Pioneer Hall |access-date=March 30, 2012}}</ref> <gallery> File:2009-0724-CA-Jackson-ACHospital.jpg|Amador County Hospital Building File:2009-0724-CA-Jackson-StSavaSerbianOrthodox.jpg|[[Saint Sava Serbian Orthodox Church (Jackson, California)|Saint Sava Serbian Orthodox Church]] File:2009-0724-CA-Jackson-DePeuHouse.jpg|Grace Blair DePue House and Indian Museum Kennedy Tailing Wheels Park.jpg|Kennedy Tailing Wheels Park JacksonCAFirehouse.jpg|right|Historic Firehouse, Downtown JacksonCAClock.jpg|right|upright|Memorial Clock Amador County Museum.jpg|Amador County Museum </gallery>
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