Placerville Attractions
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El Dorado County
Location and origin
Placerville, only a few miles from where the first gold was found in Coloma, still lies in the gold-region, at the junction of Mother Lode Street (now the CA 49) and the main highway from Sacramento to the Comstock silver mine in Nevada (now the U.S. 50). Originally the town was named Dry Diggins; this was later changed to Hangtown, because so many unruly gold-diggers were hanged in order to maintain law and order. On a house in Main Street where the gallows stood, a life-sized figure of a "hanged man" can still be seen today.
Location and origin
Placerville, only a few miles from where the first gold was found in Coloma, still lies in the gold-region, at the junction of Mother Lode Street (now the CA 49) and the main highway from Sacramento to the Comstock silver mine in Nevada (now the U.S. 50). Originally the town was named Dry Diggins; this was later changed to Hangtown, because so many unruly gold-diggers were hanged in order to maintain law and order. On a house in Main Street where the gallows stood, a life-sized figure of a "hanged man" can still be seen today.
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El Dorado National Forest, Placerville
Placerville, Sacramento
