Gold Run in Placer County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)

Gold Run

Photographed by Karen Key, May 20, 2007

1. Gold Run Marker

Inscription. Founded in 1854 by O. W. Hollenbeck and originally called Mountain Springs. Famed for its hydraulic mines which from 1865 to 1878 shipped $6,125,000.00 in gold. Five large water ditches passed through the town serving the mining companies which had to cease operations in 1882 when state law was passed passed prohibiting hydraulic mining.

State Registered Landmark No. 405

Tablet placed by California Centennials Commission. Base furnished by Placer County Historical Society. Dedicated June 25, 1950

Erected 1950 by California Centennials Commission. (Marker Number 405.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the California Historical Landmarks series list. A significant historical date for this entry is June 25, 1975.

Location. 39° 10.466′ N, 120° 51.463′ W. Marker is in Gold Run, California, in Placer County. It is on Magra Road south of the Interstate-80, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Gold Run CA 95717, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in California’s Sacramento Metro,

in the Sierra Nevada,

and in the Lake Tahoe Basin.

It is also in the American Mountain West.

Globally, it is in North America,

on the Ring of Fire,

in the Pacific Rim,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain

and also Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least 10 other markers are within 8 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Chinese Railroad Workers (approx. half a mile away); Hydraulic Mining

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(approx. half a mile away); Adobe Store Building (approx. 2.3 miles away); Dutch Flat (approx. 2½ miles away); The Stevens Trail (approx. 4.6 miles away); Cape Horn Promontory (approx. 4.7 miles away); Iowa Hill (approx. 4.7 miles away); Truckee Trail - Forks Right & Left (approx. 6.1 miles away); Old Bear River Bridge (approx. 6.2 miles away); Colfax Freight Depot (approx. 7.2 miles away).

Another marker is no longer nearby. Butcher Shop (was approx. 7.2 miles away but has been confirmed missing).

Photographed by Karen Key, May 20, 2007

2. Gold Run Marker

Base built and plaque remounted by Lord Sholto Douglas Chapter No. 3 E Clampus Vitus June 25, 1984

Photographed by Karen Key, May 20, 2007

3. Gold Run Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on September 18, 2020. It was originally submitted on June 7, 2007, by Karen Key of Sacramento, California. This page has been viewed 2,535 times since then and 33 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on June 7, 2007, by Karen Key of Sacramento, California. • J. J. Prats was the editor who published this page.