Month: January 2013

Community Profiles – Mosquito

The present Swansboro Country, which is located some nine miles northeast of Placerville, is part of an early mining community known as Mosquito. Originally called Mosquito Valley, placer (gravel) mining occurred there as early as 1849 and soon there were…

Community Profiles – Lotus

It wasn’t always known as Lotus, this now quiet Gold Rush town on the South Fork of the American river just to the west of Coloma. Originally it was named Marshall, in honor of James Wilson Marshall, the discoverer of…

Community Profiles – Latrobe

It’s hard to imagine that the small town of Latrobe, which is located in the most southwestern part of our County, for a short period of time was a “boomtown.” And, it was a direct result of the discovery of…