Placerville is the county seat for El Dorado County
Pollock Pines is in El Dorado County
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On Pony Express Trail (Lincoln Highway) at Forebay Road, on the right when traveling east on Pony Express Trail (Lincoln Highway).
On June 30, 1864, two Pioneer Line coaches were stopped at gunpoint on the Pony Express Trail at a sharp bend on the trail forever to be known as Bullion Bend in Pollock Pines. Both coaches were robbed by a band of Confederate irregulars, all . . . — — Map (db m94633) HM
On Park Creek Road at Old Carson Road on Park Creek Road.
"We moved on...to where the roads forked...the left hand road leads to Weberville & the right leads to Hangtown or Placerville. We concluded to take the left hand road, now we commence a gradual descent." - James G. Shields, Aug 12, 1850 — — Map (db m212434) HM
On Starkes Grade Road at Sly Park Road, on the right when traveling east on Starkes Grade Road.
Carson Trail - To Pleasant Valley
"Continued down the ridge upon which we traveled day before yesterday, occasionally descending deep valleys.... We reached what the Mormons call 'Pleasant Valley Gold Diggins.'" - P. C. Tiffany, Aug 24, 1849 — — Map (db m211067) HM
On Park Creek Road at Old Carson Road on Park Creek Road.
Cutoff to Johnson Ranch and Placerville
"Came...up to the forks of the road, one goes to Placerville and one to Weaver Town (Weberville), took our right hand road to Placerville or Hang Town, and came to what is called Johnson's ranch" . . . — — Map (db m212436) HM
On Mormon Emigrant Trail east of Sly Park Road (County Route E16), on the right when traveling east.
Honoring Walter E. Jenkinson, our fellow citizen who dedicated his life to this project which brought water to our city and fertile lands. — — Map (db m851) HM
Near Wrights Lake Road, 0.4 miles north of U.S. 50, on the right.
"We now had to go up an ascent of four or five miles. The road would run along the side of the mountain, and then turn square up for a short distance. In this way we passed over many dangerous places" - J. Robert Brown, Sep 26, 1856 — — Map (db m212531) HM
"Traveled to the South Fork, here is a trading post and bridge, they charged 50¢ for a man and a horse,...we would not pay toll but forded, verry [sic] bad ford, went up a long mountain through the brush" - William Perry Hampton, Sep 13, 1852 — — Map (db m212509) HM
On Forest Service Road 11N99, 0.3 miles east of Granite Springs Road, on the left when traveling east.
"We came to what is called Peavine Hill, and found a long steep descent, but we got down without difficulty, and nooned near an excellent spring (Granite Springs)"
J. Robert Brown, Sep 30, 1856 — — Map (db m212527) HM
On Peavine Ridge Road, 2.5 miles west of Ice House Road, on the left when traveling west.
"We came on over a ridge or backbone; the road is now much traveled, and is very dusty; the earth is very red and dry; the road is well worked here, for they haul much ice along here to Hangtown." - J. Robert Brown, Oct 2, 1856 — — Map (db m212524) HM
On Peavine Ridge Road, on the right when traveling west.
"The scenery is magnificent but it would be some task to come over these mountains with wagons. We saw any amount of grizzly bear tracks today." - George Washington King, June 6, 1853 — — Map (db m212523) HM
On Pony Express Trail at Elm Street, on the right when traveling east on Pony Express Trail.
"To the fork of the road leading to Wever Town & Hangtown here we took the Hangtown Road it being the best thence to water on the left of road. Good grass one mile to right of road." Seth Lewelling, Aug 3, 1850 — — Map (db m212440) HM
On Pony Express Trail, on the right when traveling east.
"Started over the mountains again. Drove...over the [most] dusty roads we have ever saw since we left home. Camped about 6 in the evening at the Sportsmans Hall." - Abbey E. Fulkerth, Aug 3, 1863 — — Map (db m212443) HM
On Pony Express Trail (Lincoln Highway) at Forebay Road, on the right when traveling east on Pony Express Trail (Lincoln Highway).
By the end of the war with Mexico in 1847, California’s non-native population was a mere 15,000. The 49ers pushed the population of El Dorado County beyond 20,000 by 1850. As winter approached, the minors replaced their tents and shanties with . . . — — Map (db m94634) HM
On Pony Express Trail east of Exit 57 (U.S. 50), on the right when traveling east.
This was the site of Sportsman’s Hall, also known as Twelve-Mile House. The hotel operated in the late 1850’s and 1860’s by John and James Blair, a stopping place for stages and teams of the comstock. It became a relay station of the Central . . . — — Map (db m609) HM
On Pony Express Trail (Lincoln Highway) at Forebay Road, on the right when traveling east on Pony Express Trail (Lincoln Highway).
The California gold rush followed Captain John Sutter’s logging effort in the Coloma valley. On January 24, 1848, James W. Marshall found gold in the tail-race at Sutter’s Mill. This discovery incited the greatest migration of mankind in history to . . . — — Map (db m94635) HM
On Pony Express Trail (Lincoln Highway) at Forebay Road, on the right when traveling east on Pony Express Trail (Lincoln Highway).
Shortly after James W Marshall discovered gold at Sutter's Mill, his Mormon laborers were re-called to the Great Salt Lake Valley, Utah. On April, 9, 1848, a plan was devised to cut a wagon trail through the uncharted Sierra Nevada frontier. The . . . — — Map (db m94636) HM
On Pony Express Trail (Lincoln Highway) at Forebay Road, on the right when traveling east on Pony Express Trail (Lincoln Highway). Reported missing.
The Pony Express originated in 1860, when our nation was divided and civil war threatened. Communication between California and Washington DC took months. Although the Pony Express existed little more than 18 months, it played a major role in the . . . — — Map (db m94642) HM
