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EL DORADO COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM

El Dorado County History

Taken from the County Museum Research Room files, these topics and photographs can be researched further at the County Museum and at the El Dorado County Library.

County History

A Brief History of El Dorado County (coming soon)
Community Profiles - Doug Noble's History of El Dorado County Communities
Railroads in El Doraro County: Video | Virtual Exhibit
Logging (coming soon)
Wine and Agriculture
Three Mile House (Smith Flat House)
Emigrant Trails of El Dorado County

Historical People

John Marshall (coming soon)
John Studebaker (coming soon)
Snowshoe Thompson (coming soon)

The History of:

Apple Hill
Lake Tahoe (coming soon)
Mines of El Dorado County
The Pollock Pines Epic - A History of the Pollock Pines Area
Pony Express
Post Offices of El Dorado County
Rubicon Trail

Communities and Mining Camps

When gold was discovered in El Dorado County in 1848, countless mining camps and flats sprang up, many were abandoned within weeks or months, others became boom towns. As the Gold Rush faded, some towns began to rely on other industries like logging or farming to survive, many were not successful. As their populations dwindled and the homes were abandoned, so too were many of the memories of these places. Today El Dorado County is filled with the foundations of old cabins, remnants of mines, and stories of these once busy towns. The sites of many of these towns can still be seen along the now paved country roads which were once their main streets.

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