This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. Learn more

Sightseeing Tour Attractions In Ione

x
Ione is a city in Amador County, California, United States. The population was 7,918 at the 2010 census, up from 7,129 in 2000. Once known as Bed-Bug and Freeze Out, Ione was an important supply center on the main road to the Mother Lode and Southern Mines during the California Gold Rush.
Continue reading...
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Filter Attractions:

Sightseeing Tour Attractions In Ione

  • 1. Preston Castle Ione
    The Preston School of Industry, also known as Preston Castle, was one of the oldest and best-known reform schools in the United States. It is located in Ione, California, in Amador County.After construction was finished in 1890, the institution was opened in June 1894 when seven wards , were transferred there from San Quentin State Prison. The original building, known colloquially as Preston Castle , is the most significant example of Romanesque Revival architecture in the Mother Lode. It was vacated in 1960, shortly after new buildings had been constructed to replace it. The abandoned building has since been named a California Historical Landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places .In 1999, the institution's official name was changed to the Preston Youth Correctiona...
    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Ione Videos

Shares

x
x
x

Near By Places

Menu