Located on the banks of the South Fork of the American River at the mouth of Sweetwater Creek, this town derived its name from the falls on the American River to where the Indians came down from the mountains to…
Category: Community Profiles
Community Profiles – Rescue
Note: This is just a short look at the history of the town of Rescue. For a complete history on the area and its pioneer residents, see: “History of a Place Called Rescue,” by William Teie and Francis Carpenter (2011).…
Community Profiles – Pollock Pines
Many towns along the Mother Lode were named after early settlers who located there. These people were usually miners, farmers or ranchers who came to California before or shortly after it became a state and were the first to settle…
Community Profiles – Pleasant Valley
To understand how the town of Pleasant Valley came about, one must go back to 1846 and a place two thousand miles east. Brigham Young and his followers were in dire straights, having left much of their belongings in their…