Placerville’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Placerville. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗A former Maidu settlement called Indak was located at the site of the town.
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 run water to separate the gold from the soil.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Placerville’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Placerville’s history is told.
2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old view1903 STATIONERY PLACERVILLE CA TO…, 1903: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Placerville, decade by decade
1990s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as 1903 STATIONERY PLACERVILLE CA TO SACRAMENTO ADVERTISING CROCKERY COVER front (1903) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.