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

Foresthill Protestant Cemetery

Foresthill Protestant Cemetary Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Karen Key, October 29, 2006

1. Foresthill Protestant Cemetary Marker

Inscription. This cemetery started in the early 1850's during the gold rush. The earliest monument is dated 1858.

This plaque erected January 1994
Donated by the Foresthill Cemetery Committee and Ruhkala Monument Co., Rocklin

Erected 1994 by Foresthill Cemetery Committee.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1858.

Location. 39° 1.113′ N, 120° 48.716′ W. Marker is in Foresthill, California, in Placer County. It is on Church Street, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Foresthill CA 95631, 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 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Foresthill School Bell (approx. 0.2 miles away); St. Joseph’s Catholic Church Bell (approx. ¼ mile away); Foresthill General Store (approx. ¼ mile away); Forest Hill (approx. 0.3 miles away); Compressed Air Engine (approx. 0.3 miles away); Yankee Jim's (approx. 2.8 miles away); First Mining Ditch (approx. 2.8 miles away); The Josephine Mine Cemetery (approx. 2.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Foresthill.

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Wilson-Votaw Tombstone image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Karen Key, October 29, 2006

2. Wilson-Votaw Tombstone

Frances Wilson, June 5, 1829–Aug. 8, 1882. Native of Eng. / Isabelle W. Votaw, Jan 22, 1864–Nov. 28. 1907. Native of Cal.

Howell Family Plot image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Karen Key, October 29, 2006

3. Howell Family Plot

Taylor Tombstone image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Karen Key, October 29, 2006

4. Taylor Tombstone

A. O. U. W. — Sacred to the memory of Thomas Taylor. Native of California, born Sept. 22, 1854, died Oct. 21, 1900. — There is no death, what seems so is transition. This life of mortal breath is but a suburb to the life eternal whose portals is called death.

Photographed by Karen Key, October 29, 2006

5. Powell Tombstone
Mrs. E. R. Powell, died Aug. 28, 1869, aged 25 yrs. 5 mos. 15 days. — Wm. B. Powell, died Jan 3, 1869, aged 7 yrs. 6 mos. 1 day. The Cowden tombstone can be seen behind and to the left.

Photographed by Karen Key, October 29, 2006

6. Gravesites

Photographed by Karen Key, October 29, 2006

7. Foresthill Protestant Cemetery Marker

Photographed by Karen Key, October 29, 2006

8. Foresthill Protestant Cemetery Gravesites

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on November 10, 2006, by Karen Key of Sacramento, California. This page has been viewed 3,272 times since then and 29 times this year. Last updated on November 18, 2010, by Timothy Carr of Birmingham, Alabama. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. submitted on November 10, 2006, by Karen Key of Sacramento, California. • Syd Whittle was the editor who published this page.