Rancheria Court and Drive are associated with the Shingle Springs Rancheria, a large parcel of land purchased by the government around 1920 for a group of Native Americans who at the time were residing near a place called Verona, on…
Author: Doug Noble
Where Did That Road Name Come From? P – Q
Tahoe’s Pacific Crest Trail is a part of a connecting group of trails that stretch from Mexico to Canada. 2650 miles in length, it takes about five months to hike the entire route. Palmer Drive, in Cameron Park once served…
Happy Birthday Placerville Bell Tower
This story was written in 1998. It is February of 1898, one hundred years ago, and the firemen in Placerville are concerned about the tower that holds the fire bell in the plaza on Main Street. For twenty years this…
El Dorado County – Its Changing Boundaries
From its creation in February 18, 1850, as one of California’s original twenty-seven counties, El Dorado County has seen its boundaries change nearly a dozen times – often drastically. Originally bounded on the north by Yuba County, the south by…