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Situated Between Lake Tahoe And Sacramento Is A California Gold Rush City With Antiques, Shops, And Art
Countless of California's Gold Rush towns rapidly flourished and then subsequently burnt out. Placerville, a city located in El Dorado County, was no different. Dating back to the late 1840s ...
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Is there still gold in California? Why the gold rush lives on 200 years later
Placerville, once known as Hangtown ... Like many get-rich-quick quests, the California gold rush caused a wave of destruction. During the peak years of the gold rush, the population of indigenous ...
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I slept in one of Northern California's most haunted hotels
Built during the Gold Rush more than a century and a half ago, Cary House Hotel in Placerville is one of the oldest hotels in all of California. It’s served as a gold exchange and a gambling ...
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Today In SCV History: March 9, 1842 –The Oak of the Golden Dream, California’s First Gold Rush Discovery
Six years before the famed California Gold Rush of 1848, another discovery of gold had already taken place in Santa Clarita’s ...
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This man trekked snowy mountains to deliver mail. Over 150 years later, he’s not forgotten
After his mother died, he followed the Gold Rush to California and eventually settled in Putah Creek near Placerville. In 1856, Genoa faced particularly heavy winter storms. The postal service ...