The railroad tracks to Placerville were finally completed on March 29, 1888, some thirty years later than planned. But by that time the historically independent Placerville and Sacramento Valley Railroad no longer even existed, having been consolidated with ten other…
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Community Profiles – Placerville, Part 3 (No Town and Then No Government)
The Placerville & Sacramento Valley Railroad had reached Shingle Springs in 1865 and planned to reach the City of Placerville a short time later. Expecting to soon replace Shingle Springs a the major freight center for the mines in Nevada…
Community Profiles – Placerville, Part 2 (The Town Becomes a City)
On September 9, 1850, California officially became a State. Feeling that Hangtown was an inappropriate name for a community, the legislature pondered naming it either Ravine City or Placerville, with the latter winning out. As a result of the change…
Community Profiles – Placerville, Part 1 (The Beginning)
Placerville: the Ravine City; Old Dry Diggings; Old Hangtown – under many names its history goes back almost to the very start of the California Gold Rush. The place that we now know as the City of Placerville started out…