Most people assume that all the early miners that worked the mines around Georgetown arrived there by first passing through one of the other mining areas, such as Coloma or Hangtown (Placerville). This is generally true, since a majority of…
Community Profiles – Grizzly Flat
It was only a couple of years after James Marshall picked up the first flakes of gold at the sawmill in Coloma, that “Buck” Ramsey and some other men went prospecting for gold in the area between the North and…
Community Profiles – Greenwood
Greenwood was originally called “Long Valley” and it was at this location, about five miles south of Georgetown on the road between Georgetown and Cave Valley, that Caleb Greenwood, with his sons Britain and John, opened a trading post in…
Community Profiles – Gold Hill
Gold Hill is one of the more common names for early Gold Rush towns in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. Towns with this name are found in Amador County, Calaveras County (several towns), Mariposa County, Placer County, Nevada County…
The Christmas Season Arrives
Our household, like most others on our street in Pasadena, California, consisted of three generations. It was a result of the Great Depression, where people in my parent’s generation were not able to afford their own home and, with children…
Steppin’ Out – Tale of the Dogs
“Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.” Otto von Bismarck We are very lucky in having quite a number of places in El Dorado County that serve great hot dogs: Shoestring, Hangtown Hot Dogs,…