The story of old Hangtown really begins at Coloma, where James Marshall built a sawmill on the South Fork of the American River for his employer John Sutter. On January 24, 1848, Marshall …

The story of old Hangtown really begins at Coloma, where James Marshall built a sawmill on the South Fork of the American River for his employer John Sutter. On January 24, 1848, Marshall …

Placerville, also known as Dry Diggings or Hangtown, is just eight miles from Coloma where gold was discovered January 24, 1848 by James Marshall. At first only a mining camp in the narrow …

2024年8月24日 · One of the city’s most well-known landmarks is the Hangman’s Tree, a bar that’s no longer there, though its legacy remains intact. It commemorates the most grim part of …

1999年10月22日 · Placerville's most historic spot (as the signposts duly brag) is the Hangman's Tree tavern. Outside Hangman's Tree a weathered dummy in pink flannel, jeans, and cowboy …

New Epithet Earned ~ Dry Diggins became known as Hangtown in the fall of 1849, due to vigilante justice meted out to criminals at the end of a rope, often at the giant old oak tree on …

Established on the banks of "Hangtown" Creek as rich mining camp in Spring of 1848. Millions in gold were taken from its ravines and hills. Supply center for surrounding mining camps and …

Old Dry Diggings and Georgetown were center stage in California during the "Wild West." As such, the town later earned the infamous name of "Hangtown" for the overzealous use of …

A Self-guided walking tour brochure for the history buff our Sierra Foothills gold fields old mining camp, along Hangtown Creek, known during the Gold Rush Era as Old "Hangtown" and Old …

Originally called "Old Dry Diggings" the town later earned the infamous name of "Hangtown" for the overzealous use of hanging as a means of justice. Hangtown was center stage for the …