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On this site in 1875
John Mischler
Owned “The Butcher Shope”
In 1911
Daniel A. Russell
Erected this building
as a
Butcher Shop
Present Owners
Moore & Robinson — — Map (db m45257) HM
View of Cape Horn Promontory
North Fork American River Canyon
Dedicated to the memory of thousands of Chinese who worked for Charles Crocker on the Central Pacific Railroad. They were lowered over the face of Cape Horn Promontory in wicker . . . — — Map (db m14437) HM
Central Pacific Railroad reached Colfax, formerly Illinoistown September 1, 1865, and train service began four days later. Colfax was a vital construction supply depot and junction point for stage lines for ten months. It was renamed Governor . . . — — Map (db m13081) HM
Built circa 1880 by Central Pacific Railroad Company. Constructed of wood using Standard S.P. design known as Freight House #2. Exhibiting the Victorian era stick style. This building is the only freight depot of this type remaining in Placer . . . — — Map (db m10980) HM
Placed on the National Registry of Historic Places
15 January 1999
Built in 1905 by Southern Pacific Railroad in what SPRR called the Colonnade style. It is the only remaining depot of this type in Placer County. It was used as a passenger . . . — — Map (db m45156) HM
Established Nov. 26, 1908
This office built 1930
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Plaque in Memory of
Pat Jones, Historian
Writer – Colfax Record 1961-1983
Author – The Colfax Connection
Donor – Printing Press . . . — — Map (db m45167) HM
Free and Accepted Masons
Chartered by Grand Lodge of California
On May 6, 1854 at Illinoistown (about a half mile South of Colfax)
A special Central Pacific train brought the Sacramento Coronet Band and fifty guests for the Dedication of this . . . — — Map (db m45277) HM
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Colfax Lodge No. 132
Instituted 18 April, 1867
This brick building
acquired and used by IOOF
since 26 August, 1889 — — Map (db m45279) HM
Gold discovered here in 1853 and by 1856 weekly production estimated at one hundred thousand dollars. The total value of gold produced up to 1880 is placed at twenty million dollars. Town was destroyed by fire in 1857 and again in 1862 but each . . . — — Map (db m44036) HM
Charles Crocker, Trustee
Central Pacific Railroad
Sold on October 29, 1896 to
John Butler, Druggist
Established
Colfax Drug Store
One of the oldest pharmacies in California
Richard . . . — — Map (db m45263) HM
Built in honor of World War 1 Veterans
on the site of W.H. Russell’s Livery Stable
by Colfax Post 192 American Legion
23 Apr. 1927
Cornerstone laid & building dedicated
for community use
26 June 1928
Agreement: Joint ownership . . . — — Map (db m45232) HM
Depot was 100 yards N.E. of this spot. Built by John Flint Kidder between 1874-76. It ran 22 miles from Colfax to Nevada City via Grass Valley. Rails taken up on 1942. Sarah Kidder, widow of builder , world’s first woman railroad president 1901 . . . — — Map (db m14438) HM
Near this site, the shattered remains of Robert G. Fowler’s Wright Model B biplane was rebuilt following a crash near Alta on the second day of his west to east flight. The ten-day rebuilding effort, which took place alongside the railroad track in . . . — — Map (db m45157) HM
Schuyler Colfax, Speaker of the House of Representatives, was asked by President Abraham Lincoln on April 14 to take a message to the miners of the west, that their prosperity is the prosperity of the Nation. These may have been Lincoln’s last words . . . — — Map (db m10976) HM
Historic Lot 6 – Block 3
1865 Original Sale C. Crocker to Kohn & Kind
1867- 1918 Ownerships
E.S. Yeats • Thomas Woodliff • Levi Leeds • John Kneeland & Family • John River • Avila Demers • Louis & Elvira Rugani
1946 Owners Gilbert . . . — — Map (db m45262) HM
This trail was originally established as a toll road in 1859 by Truman Allen Stevens. The trail went down to the bottom of the American River Canyon and back up the other side to Colfax via a bridge that is no longer in existence. This road was in . . . — — Map (db m45154) HM
