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A former Maidu settlement called Indak was located at the site of the town. [11]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.
History. Placerville received its name because of placer mining in the vicinity. The ghost town [5] is located 17 miles east of Horseshoe Bend. The townsite was selected December 1, 1862; and by December 16 there were six cabins in the camp. By the early summer of 1863, the town had 300 buildings and a population of 5,000.
GNIS feature ID. 277273. Congressional districts. 3rd, 5th. Website. www.edcgov.us. El Dorado County ( / ˌɛldəˈrɑːdoʊ / ⓘ ), officially the County of El Dorado, is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 191,185. [ 5 ] The county seat is Placerville. [ 6 ]
The John Pearson Soda Works, also referred to as the Placerville Soda Works, is a historic rustic vernacular Victorian brick building in Placerville, El Dorado County, California. The building, in the Gold Country region, was placed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) on December 12, 1985. The building housed the Cozmic Café ...
U.S. Route 50 ( US 50) is a transcontinental United States Numbered Highway, stretching from West Sacramento, California, in the west to Ocean City, Maryland, in the east. The California portion of US 50 runs east from Interstate 80 (I-80) in West Sacramento to the Nevada state line in South Lake Tahoe. A portion in Sacramento also has the ...
Combellack–Blair House. / 38.72778°N 120.79500°W / 38.72778; -120.79500. The Combellack–Blair House is a historic house in the Gold Rush town of Placerville, in El Dorado County, California, built in 1895. The landmark house was placed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) on February 14, 1985.
Placer County ( / ˈplæsər / PLASS-ər; Spanish for "sand deposit"), officially the County of Placer, is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 404,739. [ 4 ] The county seat is Auburn. [ 5 ] Placer County is included in the Greater Sacramento metropolitan area.
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