Placerville is the county seat for El Dorado County
El Dorado Hills is in El Dorado County
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1. Mormon Island Relocation Cemetery
In the late 1940s, plans to create the Folsom Dam at the confluence of the North and South Forks of the American River meant many acres of land would be flooded, including several historic cemeteries, . . . — — Map (db m128767) HM
On Green Valley Road at Shadowfax Lane, on the left when traveling east on Green Valley Road.
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 . . . — — Map (db m210974) HM
On PG&E-Clarksville Sub-Station Road, on the right when traveling west.
At this site on the old Clarksville-White Rock Emigrant Road was Mormon Tavern. Constructed in 1849, this popular stage stop was enlarged and operated by Franklin Winchell in 1851. It became a remount station of the Central Overland Pony Express and . . . — — Map (db m12056) HM
The birth of Prairie City, Sacramento County, was announced in the pages of The Sacramento Daily Union newspaper in June of 1853. Located 21 miles from the City of Sacramento, it was approximately 2 miles south of Negro Bar, now known as . . . — — Map (db m10500) HM
On Green Valley Road, 0.1 miles east of Salmon Falls Road/El Dorado Hills Boulevard, on the right when traveling east.
The Central Overland Pony Express passed this site many times. Green Valley Road was the gateway to the gold region, and was the center of activities in the 1850’s & 60’s, where many early California Inns were located. In the late 1800’s a . . . — — Map (db m11311) HM
