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This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in El Dorado County, California, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in an online map. [1]
In the early 1960s, a pear blight encouraged growers in and around Camino, CA to switch their production to apples. [4] Gene Bolster, who was an apple grower; Dick Bethell, El Dorado county's pomology specialist and farm advisor; Ed Delfino, the county's agricultural commissioner; and Bob Tuck, a retired army office, organized what is known today as the Apple Hill Growers Association.
Camino is a popular area in the fall for apple picking. As a result, Camino is often incorrectly mistaken as Apple Hill. It is also known for its many Christmas tree farm ranches and the annual Apple Hill Run. Camino is located about halfway between Sacramento and South Lake Tahoe on U.S. Route 50. Its first post office opened in 1904. [3]
Crystal Creek Tree Farm at 2019 Cable Road, Camino, opened Saturday ahead of all of the other farms with a flat rate fee of $95 per tree, regardless of size or variety. The price includes tax and ...
A former Maidu settlement called Indak was located at the site of the town. [9]After the discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill in nearby Coloma, California, by James W. Marshall in 1848 sparked the California Gold Rush, the small town now known as Placerville was known as Dry Diggin's after the manner in which the miners moved cartloads of dry soil to run water to separate the gold from the soil.
Some species collections sample a wide range of genetic diversity, such as the native California conifers Pinus lambertiana and Pinus coulteri. The Arboretum's first plantings were made in 1926. Because genetic diversity is the raw material for breeding, the Arboretum assembled as many pine species and varieties as possible.
Pilot Hill (formerly, Centerville, Pilothill, and Pittsfield) is an unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California. [1] It is located 13 miles (21 km) west-northwest of Placerville, [3] at an elevation of 1175 feet (358 m). [1] In 1849, mining commenced at Pilot Hill. [3]
Newcastle is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Placer County, California. [2] Nestled in the Sierra Nevada foothills, Newcastle is located 8 miles (12.9 km) northeast of Rocklin [4] and 31 miles northeast of Sacramento. Newcastle generally has moderate winters and warm summers.