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Placerville, California

by | Jul 10, 2019 | Departments, True Western Towns

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Gold mining birthed this settlement, first called Dry Diggins. After James Marshall’s 1848 gold strike at Sutter’s Mill drew hordes of miners, it became Hangtown, a reference to a brand of outdoor ju


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