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

Carson Trail - Wagon Road to Placerville

Photographed by Alvis Hendley, October 17, 2022

1. Carson Trail - Wagon Road to Placerville Marker

Inscription. "We decided to head for Placerville and cast out lot digging gold, and we expect to pass into this place to night....We passed...a good many cradling out gold, and we are all very enthusiastic to get started" - Albert G. Paschal, Aug 18, 1859

Erected 2005 by Trails West, Inc. (Marker Number CR-66.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Roads & Vehicles • Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the California Trail, the Kit Carson Trail, and the Trails West Inc. series lists. A significant historical date for this entry is August 18, 1850.

Location. 38° 41.666′ N, 120° 43.752′ W. Marker is near Placerville, California, in El Dorado County. It is on Holm Road, on the right when traveling west. Marker is near the intersection of Holm Road, Roc Road and Chapparal Drive. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Placerville CA 95667, United States of America. Touch for directions.

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

in the Gold Country,

in the Sierra Nevada,

and in the Lake Tahoe Basin.

It is also in the American Mountain West.

Globally,

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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 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Carson Trail - Wagon Road Junction (approx. 0.7 miles away); a different marker also named Carson Trail - Wagon Road to Placerville (approx. 1.6 miles away); Carson Trail - Descent to Pleasant Valley (approx. 2.9 miles away); The Smith Flat House (approx. 3 miles away); James G. Eddy (approx. 3.2 miles away); Carson Trail - Pleasant Valley (approx. 3.7 miles away); Swift Berry (approx. 4.1 miles away); Boeger Winery (approx. 4.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Placerville.

More about this marker. Trails West, Inc., based in Reno, installed sixty-nine markers on the (Kit) Carson Trail which runs from the Forty Mile Desert in Nevada to Placerville in California. The markers were fabricated from two pieces of steel railroad rails welded into a T shape.

Photographed by Alvis Hendley, October 17, 2022

2. Carson Trail - Wagon Road to Placerville Marker

The marker is in the lower right corner of the photograph.

Credits. This page was last revised on November 29, 2022. It was originally submitted on November 24, 2022, by Alvis Hendley of San Francisco, California. This page has been viewed 381 times since then and 50 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 24, 2022, by Alvis Hendley of San Francisco, California. • Syd Whittle was the editor who published this page.