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Photographer: Merle Porter, Royal Pictures, Colton, California
Caption: Bekeart’s Store - Coloma, California
Additional Description: Description on Postcard:
It was on Jan.24, 1848 that James Marshall, while turning off the water to Sutter's sawmill, happened to notice gold flakes in the mill race. The news leaked out and soon miners swarmed over the countryside. On April 25, 1851 Coloma became the county seat of El Dorado County, only to lose it to Hangtown (Placerville) in 1857. Jules Francios Bedeart,[note misspelling of name] who first came to Coloma on April 10, 1849, built a little brick store. The building bricks came from a yard in Sacramento. Jim Marshall, who was doing odd jobs, made the counters for the Bekeart store...M.P.
Submitted: March 20, 2009, by Syd Whittle of Mesa, Arizona.
Database Locator Identification Number: p56599
File Size: 1.301 Megabytes

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