El Dorado Hills in El Dorado County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)

Mormon Island, Negro Hill, Salmon Falls, and Condemned Bar

courtesy Center for Sacramento History

1. Mormon Island, Negro Hill, Salmon Falls, and Condemned Bar Marker

Inscription.
These historic mining towns, and other mining camps of the Gold Rush Era, now inundated by Folsom Lake, are commemorated by the Mormon Island Memorial Cemetery nearby. Here were reburied the pioneers whose graves were flooded when the lake was formed by Folsom Dam. Their memory is a reminder that what we are today we owe to those who came before us.

Registered Historical Landmarks No. 569, 570, 571, and 572

Plaque placed by California State Park Commission in cooperation with Marguerite Parlor No. 12, Native Daughters of the Golden West, June 9, 1957.

Erected 1957 by California State Park Commission; and Native Daughters of the Golden West. (Marker Number 569.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the California Historical Landmarks, and the Native Sons/Daughters of the Golden West series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1849.

Location. 38° 42.055′ N, 121° 6.569′ W. Marker is in El Dorado Hills, California, in El Dorado County. It is at the intersection of Green Valley Road and Shadowfax Lane, on the left when traveling east on Green Valley Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: El Dorado Hills CA 95762, 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.

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At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Mormon Island Relocation Cemetery (approx. 0.2 miles away); Prairie City Cemetery (approx. 0.2 miles away); a different marker also named Mormon Island (approx. one mile away); Folsom Dam Improvements (approx. 1.1 miles away); Sterlingshire (approx. 1.9 miles away); Johnny Cash Trail (approx. 1.9 miles away); Railroad Gate (approx. 2.8 miles away); Prison Doodlebug (approx. 2.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in El Dorado Hills.

More about this marker. This marker is missing. When the California Office of Historic Preservation published the 1996 edition of its book, California Historical Landmarks, the marker was already missing.

The marker was unusual, if not unique, in that it commemorated four California historical landmarks: Mormon Island, Negro Hill, Salmon Falls, Condemned Bar.

Marker is Missing image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Alvis Hendley, October 17, 2022

2. Marker is Missing

The marker has been missing for many years. The bolt holes are still visible.

Photographed by Alvis Hendley, October 22, 2022

3. Marker is Missing

Mormon Island Grave Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Alvis Hendley, October 22, 2022

4. Mormon Island Grave Marker

Moved to Mormon Island Relocation Cemetery in 1954.

Negro Hill Grave Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Alvis Hendley, October 22, 2022

5. Negro Hill Grave Marker

Moved to Mormon Island Relocation Cemetery in 1954.

Salmon Falls Grave Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Alvis Hendley, October 22, 2022

6. Salmon Falls Grave Marker

Moved to Mormon Island Relocation Cemetery in 1954.

Credits. This page was last revised on April 30, 2024. It was originally submitted on November 21, 2022, by Alvis Hendley of San Francisco, California. This page has been viewed 700 times since then and 57 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on April 30, 2024, by Craig Baker of Sylmar, California. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on November 21, 2022, by Alvis Hendley of San Francisco, California. • Syd Whittle was the editor who published this page.