The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The settlement was established during the California Gold Rush. Mountain Ranch's post office was established in 1858. In 1868, it was moved to another town called El Dorado Camp 1.5 miles south, as there was already an El Dorado post office in California, El Dorado Camp became known as Mountain Ranch. Currently, there are 3 post office buildings in the town. The present one, a small post office which was built in 1956, and a post office built in 1923 which was once billed as the world's smallest post office. The original location of the town of Mountain Ranch also has a historical landmark. The bell on the historical marker was used in the local school from 1885 to 1953. Established as Cave City School District in 1855, this school joined with the Banner District in 1946 to become the El Dorado Union Elementary School District. In 1942 the last of the gold mines closed. Further econom…
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Start Mountain Ranch’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Mountain Ranch’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Mountain Ranch, decade by decade
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Nothing in Mountain Ranch is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Mountain Ranch has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Calaveritas Creek Bridge in San Andreas, 5.7 miles away.
Mountain Ranch and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.