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Historical Markers in Pleasant Valley

 
Clickable Map of El Dorado County, California and Immediately Adjacent Jurisdictions image/svg+xml 2019-10-06 U.S. Census Bureau, Abe.suleiman; Lokal_Profil; HMdb.org; J.J.Prats/dc:title> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usa_counties_large.svg El Dorado County, CA (273) Alpine County, CA (51) Amador County, CA (185) Placer County, CA (224) Sacramento County, CA (450) Douglas County, NV (112)  ElDoradoCounty(273) El Dorado County (273)  AlpineCounty(51) Alpine County (51)  AmadorCounty(185) Amador County (185)  PlacerCounty(224) Placer County (224)  SacramentoCounty(450) Sacramento County (450)  DouglasCountyNevada(112) Douglas County (112)
Placerville is the county seat for El Dorado County
Pleasant Valley is in El Dorado County
El Dorado County (273)  ►
ADJACENT TO EL DORADO COUNTY
Alpine County (51)  ►
Amador County (185)  ►
Placer County (224)  ►
Sacramento County (450)  ►
Douglas County, Nevada (112)  ►
 
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1 ► California, El Dorado County, Pleasant Valley — CR-64 — Carson Trail - Descent to Pleasant Valley —
On Pleasant Valley Road at Newtown Road, on the right when traveling east on Pleasant Valley Road.
"After descending from this ridge by a long hill...at twilight entered on as beautiful a valley as ever I laid eyes on called Pleasant Valley." - Peter Decker, Aug 7, 1849 — — Map (db m211152) HM
2 ► California, El Dorado County, Pleasant Valley — CR-63 — Carson Trail - Pleasant Valley —
On Pleasant Valley Road, on the right when traveling east.
"We reached what in our guide book was called 'Pleasant Valley Gold Mines'; where we found two or three tents, and a few men with their gold-washing pans." - Sarah Royce. Oct 24, 1849 — — Map (db m210982) HM
3 ► California, El Dorado County, Pleasant Valley — CR-65 — Carson Trail - Wagon Road Junction —
On Pleasant Valley Road, on the left when traveling east.
"Came on the forks of the road - the left hand leading to Sutters Fort & the right hand to...Coloma...We here took the right hand fork and went...through Wevervill (and) came on...farther to Hang Town" - James A. Pritchard, Aug 11, 1849 — — Map (db m211151) HM
 
 
  
  
 
 
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Nov. 11, 2026