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…
Month: January 2013
Community Profiles – Mormon Island
Mormon Island was a mining camp on the South Fork of the American River, some fifteen miles west of Coloma and three miles east of Folsom. It was in actuality a very large gravel bar (it is also known as…
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…