Aaron and Jamie Evans are the new owners of Hog Wild Bar-B-Que and Catering, which is located at 38 Main Street in Placerville. Aaron, a native born Texas boy, met Jamie, a native born California girl from Placerville, back in…
Month: March 2014
Post Offices of El Dorado County, Part 8 – “G” – “H”
In El Dorado County there were, at one time or another, over 100 post offices with some 120 different names. Some had a short life and some apparently never even existed at all, although history books make reference to them.…
When Placerville Knew How to Party
Some time ago Steve Crandell, who owns Steve Crandell, Historic Prints on Main Street in Placerville, came across an interesting old advertising poster for an event in Placerville. “When I saw it I knew I had to have it,” said…
The Man Who Discovered the Gold
On top of a hill in Coloma, I’m told, lies the grave of the man who discovered the gold. James Marshall’s his name and his fame has spread wide, although the attempted his secret to hide. A sawmill he built…