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475. Placerville ( / ˈplæsərvɪl /, PLASS-ər-vil; formerly Old Dry Diggings, Dry Diggings, and Hangtown) [ 10][ 11] is a city in and the county seat of El Dorado County, California, United States. The population was 10,747 as of the 2020 census, up from 10,389 as of the 2010 census.
Sacramento Valley Railroad (1852–1877) / 38.573; -121.506. The Sacramento Valley Railroad (SVRR) was incorporated on August 4, 1852, the first transit railroad company incorporated in California. Construction did not begin until February 1855 because of financial and right of way issues, and its first train operated on February 22, 1856.
Hangman's Tree. / 38.7282; -120.8025. Hangman's Tree was a tree in Placerville, California. The site of the tree is a California Historical Landmark No. 141, in El Dorado County, California. The stump of the tree is now under the building at 305 Main Street. During the California Gold Rush, the city was called Dry Diggins after the gold mining ...
Methodist Episcopal Church is the oldest church building in El Dorado County. The Church building was moved to its current location from its original site on the corner of Cedar Ravine and Main Street, Placerville 38.7287°N 120.796°W. The roof support beams were hand-made from local ponderosa pine trees.
September 18, 2017. ( #100001601) 6259 Main St. 38°54′21″N 120°50′22″W. / 38.905906°N 120.839405°W / 38.905906; -120.839405 ( Georgetown Civil War Armory) Georgetown. Georgetown CA Civil War Armory, built in 1862, circa 2014. The Armory is the oldest brick building in Georgetown and is the only extant Civil War armory ...
May 15, 1876. (1876-05-15) (aged 49) Nationality. Norwegian, American. Other names. Snowshoe Thompson. John Albert Thompson (born Jon Torsteinsson Rue; April 30, 1827 – May 15, 1876), nicknamed Snowshoe Thompson, an early resident of the Sierra Nevada of Nevada and California, was a Norwegian-American considered to be the father of California ...
The California Trail was an emigrant trail of about 1,600 mi (2,600 km) across the western half of the North American continent from Missouri River towns to what is now the state of California. After it was established, the first half of the California Trail followed the same corridor of networked river valley trails as the Oregon Trail and the ...
Placer County, California. ( 2020) 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.