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 running water to separate the gold from the soil. Later in 1849, the town earned its most common historical name, “Hangtown”, because of the numerous hangings that had occurred there. Many of the Carleton Place folk ended up either here or in Sacramento. I forgot I had these pictures after visiting Lake Tahoe in 2012. Taken out of car window- and no I was not driving.:)
Street Scene and Square of Old Hangtown Placerville, CA
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